I would also be willing to tip for this! Someone do let us know if that's possible.
Martin On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 3:44 PM sullentrapdoor <sullentrapd...@airmail.cc> wrote: > Thank you Joshua! > > I appreciate you tracking down the commit (and committer). Searching > Mikhail Tsykalov I did not find any way to give him a tip, but I did > find a relevant issue that he published. > > > Guix System in current state can't boot from lvm partition because grub > can't find > kernel and initrd. This also applies to systems where /gnu/store is on > lvm partition. Grub has lvm support in the form of "lvm" module, but it > isn't loaded currently. Making grub config generator emit "insmod lvm" > before grub starts accessing stuff on /gnu/store (so immediately after > initial commit) will fix this. > > https://issues.guix.info/44877 > > > I am very new to Guix and Scheme so I am not sure how the aforementioned > fixed can be implemented. > > On 12/22/20 6:21 PM, Joshua Branson wrote: > > Hey sullentrapd...@airmail.cc! > > > > Thanks for sharing that LVM support was added to guix! I had not heard > > about that! That's awesome! And thanks Mikhail Tsykalov for committing > > it! I'm pretty sure with a name like Mikhail, you have to be a genius. > > Am I right? > > > > For the commit message, it looks like LVM support was added on > > 11/25/2020. So like, really recently. It also looks like there has > > only been one commit: The commit to package LVM, which includes the > > comment that guix currently doesn't support root-on-LVM. > > > > My intuition tells me that currently guix does not support /root on > > LVM. I suppose it's just a little difficult to get that support set up > > at the moment. But you could always give Mikhail a financial tip to add > > LVM /root support! I'll chip in $5 toward this goal if you do! Anyone > > else that wants this support, feel free to respond with however much you > > would donate for this support. > > > > Man this is super cool news! I've really wanted to play around with LVM > > for quite some time now! > > > > -- > > Joshua Branson > > Sent from Emacs and Gnus > > https://gnucode.me > > https://video.hardlimit.com/accounts/joshua_branson/video-channels > > https://propernaming.org > > "You can have whatever you want, as long as you help > > > > enough other people get what they want." - Zig Ziglar > -- Martin