Does `nixos-rebuild build-vm-with-bootloader` work? If so it would be just your system/partition layout?
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Bjørn Forsman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > After the long awaited unstable channel update (yay!), I unfortunately > get this grub2 install error: > > $ sudo nixos-rebuild switch > building Nix... > building the system configuration... > updating GRUB 2 menu... > installing the GRUB 2 boot loader on /dev/disk/by-label/nixos-ssd... > Installing for i386-pc platform. > > /nix/store/wkmf1mhwkjspdr1myhyalgyc7882q1k7-grub-2.02-git-1de3a4/sbin/grub-install: > warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. > > /nix/store/wkmf1mhwkjspdr1myhyalgyc7882q1k7-grub-2.02-git-1de3a4/sbin/grub-install: > warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in > this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE > and their use is discouraged.. > > /nix/store/wkmf1mhwkjspdr1myhyalgyc7882q1k7-grub-2.02-git-1de3a4/sbin/grub-install: > error: will not proceed with blocklists. > /nix/store/pmashz5671fadjfyxaxf6r0bcz5839m4-install-grub.pl: > installation of GRUB on /dev/disk/by-label/nixos-ssd failed > warning: error(s) occured while switching to the new configuration > > Disk /dev/disk/by-label/nixos-ssd doesn't have ext2, it has ext4. > > There are ~300 commits between unstable and git HEAD, but a quick > search didn't reveal any grub related changes in that set. > > For the record, the channel is at commit > 74f6be0e5fa5d4393e3ce4cd5efcd63b9cc1ba96. > > Best regards, > Bjørn Forsman > _______________________________________________ > nix-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >
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