Re: grub-install failing while system reconfigure

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org> writes:

> grub-install is saying no space left, but I still have much space
> available in both root and EFI partition.
>
> akib@gnu-guix:~/dotfiles$ sudo guix system reconfigure 
> ~/dotfiles/guix/system-config.scm
> The following derivation will be built:
>   /gnu/store/ss6c3krd1wwbg7kybdr8pkrl7jy3cc79-grub.cfg.drv
>
> building /gnu/store/ss6c3krd1wwbg7kybdr8pkrl7jy3cc79-grub.cfg.drv...
> /gnu/store/i3bl3mpy92hwm6v1n74slvyvlgnpg85g-system
> /gnu/store/hhm7spb2xdd6i5ci8p6wjs9dalv9g18a-grub.cfg
>
> activating system...
> making '/gnu/store/i3bl3mpy92hwm6v1n74slvyvlgnpg85g-system' the current 
> system...
> setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'...
> populating /etc from /gnu/store/dkr38kkqiykn86qxmqq0vmd86kf8v7qr-etc...
> The following derivation will be built:
>   /gnu/store/77k62g58nhi9kaxfryfa3b54a9i53gd6-install-bootloader.scm.drv
>
> building 
> /gnu/store/77k62g58nhi9kaxfryfa3b54a9i53gd6-install-bootloader.scm.drv...
> guix system: error: 
> '/gnu/store/ch9q9w5zbvgq8srr6dscq6hdf03pfqb4-grub-efi-2.06/sbin/grub-install 
> --boot-directory //boot --bootloader-id=Guix --efi-directory //boot/efi' 
> exited with status 1; output follows:
>
>   Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
>   Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device
>   
> /gnu/store/ch9q9w5zbvgq8srr6dscq6hdf03pfqb4-grub-efi-2.06/sbin/grub-install: 
> error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.

I have experienced PC with buggy UEFI firmware; when I saw errors
similar to the above rebooting the machine would resolve it.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim