[Nix-dev] grub no longer works with LVM

James Cook james.cook at utoronto.ca
Sat Aug 4 20:45:29 CEST 2012


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On 4 August 2012 11:40, James Cook <jcook at cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> On 4 August 2012 11:23, Eelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra at logicblox.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 04/08/12 14:12, James Cook wrote:
>>
>>> updating GRUB 2 menu...
>>> installing the GRUB 2 boot loader on /dev/sdb...
>>> Path `/boot/grub' is not readable by GRUB on boot. Installation is
>>> impossible. Aborting.
>>> /nix/store/16sq20had0hpfs99s0878vb014r10nll-install-grub.pl:
>>> installation of GRUB on /dev/sdb failed
>>
>> I committed a fix for this in Nixpkgs a few days ago (commit
>> f4847262ae1d638b9b352374a9b678c052218de5).  Seems like the NixOS channel hasn't
>> caught up yet though.
>
> Ah, thanks.  I rebuild with git master and it works now.  I'm confused
> about the NixOS channel, though --
> http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/trunk says the most recent input
> change is to 705fbf2, which should include your update.  Is there
> something that has to happen before it gets from hydra to the channel?
>
> James


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