I wonder if what you're really looking for is "guix system image", which will build something that is basically "pre-configured" for bootable media you can use:
https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Guix-System-Image-API.html However, I'm not sure how to combine it with an encrypted volume. (One advantage of this path is that you can test your built image in a VM before you try booting it and writing it to a USB key, btw.) Dan Connolly <d...@madmode.com> writes: > I'm installing from a USB thumb drive. I'd like to use the thumb drive > as the disk for the machine. The installer gave me the option to do > so, but then it crashed. > > I can imagine that installing on the installation media is not > supported. Perhaps the installer should have prevented me from doing > so? > > p.e. Please excuse the use of an image of the text. I see "The > backtrace is displayed below. Please report it by email ..." and I the > only option that occurs to me is to take an image and send it from > another computer.
