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bug#44872: GuixSD 1.2.0 installer fails with exception when formatting d
From: |
Mathieu Othacehe |
Subject: |
bug#44872: GuixSD 1.2.0 installer fails with exception when formatting drive |
Date: |
Tue, 01 Dec 2020 10:46:58 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hey Tim,
> I successfully installed GNU Guix.
>
> The work around I used for this bug is I simply ran `sudo dd
> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda`. Basically, I think the existence of an old
> GPT partition table is causing problems on a new install though I'm not
> sure why.
Nice you found a work-around. I think I already hit this issue myself
without being able to reproduce it. Do you remember what was the
previous GPT layout of your drive? Maybe the distribution previously
installed?
Thanks,
Mathieu
- bug#44872: GuixSD 1.2.0 installer fails with exception when formatting drive,
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