bug#27069: LUKS partition ruined by guix init
Mark H Weaver writes: > Marius Bakke writes: > >> some...@selfhosted.xyz writes: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have several times over tried to install to a LUKS-partition with >>> btrfs and failed but last time I almost had success. guix init command >>> complained that the bios_grub flag wasn't set after many hours of >>> compiling packages and therefore didn't install grub at first. I >>> checked the partition with "cryptsetup luksUUID /dev/sda1" before >>> rerunning guix init and it gives me the luksUUID so the partition >>> seemed intact up to that point. However, after setting the bios_grub >>> flag and rerunning guix init, the installation is successful but >>> afterwards the cryptsetup luksUUID command says that the partition is >>> not a valid luks device, so it seems like the GRUB installation part >>> is what ruins the partition. >> >> What is your partition layout? The "bios_grub" partition must be a >> separate (typically tiny) partition with no other data on it. > > FWIW, my current development system is GuixSD running with a > LUKS-encrypted Btrfs root partition with GUID partition table. > I don't remember encountering any difficulties during the install. Interesting. Did you reserve some sectors before the first partition? Or do you have the root partition marked as "bios_grub", which is what seemingly wiped the LUKS headers here? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
bug#27069: LUKS partition ruined by guix init
Marius Bakke writes: > some...@selfhosted.xyz writes: > >> Hi, >> >> I have several times over tried to install to a LUKS-partition with >> btrfs and failed but last time I almost had success. guix init command >> complained that the bios_grub flag wasn't set after many hours of >> compiling packages and therefore didn't install grub at first. I >> checked the partition with "cryptsetup luksUUID /dev/sda1" before >> rerunning guix init and it gives me the luksUUID so the partition >> seemed intact up to that point. However, after setting the bios_grub >> flag and rerunning guix init, the installation is successful but >> afterwards the cryptsetup luksUUID command says that the partition is >> not a valid luks device, so it seems like the GRUB installation part >> is what ruins the partition. > > What is your partition layout? The "bios_grub" partition must be a > separate (typically tiny) partition with no other data on it. FWIW, my current development system is GuixSD running with a LUKS-encrypted Btrfs root partition with GUID partition table. I don't remember encountering any difficulties during the install. Mark
bug#27069: LUKS partition ruined by guix init
some...@selfhosted.xyz writes: > Hi, > > I have several times over tried to install to a LUKS-partition with > btrfs and failed but last time I almost had success. guix init command > complained that the bios_grub flag wasn't set after many hours of > compiling packages and therefore didn't install grub at first. I > checked the partition with "cryptsetup luksUUID /dev/sda1" before > rerunning guix init and it gives me the luksUUID so the partition > seemed intact up to that point. However, after setting the bios_grub > flag and rerunning guix init, the installation is successful but > afterwards the cryptsetup luksUUID command says that the partition is > not a valid luks device, so it seems like the GRUB installation part > is what ruins the partition. What is your partition layout? The "bios_grub" partition must be a separate (typically tiny) partition with no other data on it. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
bug#27069: LUKS partition ruined by guix init
Hi, I have several times over tried to install to a LUKS-partition with btrfs and failed but last time I almost had success. guix init command complained that the bios_grub flag wasn't set after many hours of compiling packages and therefore didn't install grub at first. I checked the partition with "cryptsetup luksUUID /dev/sda1" before rerunning guix init and it gives me the luksUUID so the partition seemed intact up to that point. However, after setting the bios_grub flag and rerunning guix init, the installation is successful but afterwards the cryptsetup luksUUID command says that the partition is not a valid luks device, so it seems like the GRUB installation part is what ruins the partition.
