Re: Easy DigitalOcean setup?

[Reza Alizadeh Majd]

On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 23:28:02 +0100
raingloom <raingloom@riseup.net> wrote:

> I've been stuck on trying to "infect" an Ubuntu VPS with Guix for a
> while. It keeps failing on the bootloader setup step and it does so in
> a way that somehow nukes the `guix` command, but the store remains.
> 
> At press time, my config was the one attached.
> 
> As I'm a caveperson who never owned a single UEFI machine, I'm a bit
> stumped as to what the absolute heck the nature of the error might be:
> ```
> # guix system init /etc/config.scm /
> ...bunch of build stuff, and then:
> guix system: error:
> '/gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install
> --boot-directory //boot --bootloader-id=Guix --efi-directory
> //boot/efi' exited with status 1; output follows:
> 
>   /gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/sbin/grub-install:
>   error:
>   
> /gnu/store/0az53wrhxvhpkm80pmfyzw607y0qas9n-grub-efi-2.04/lib/grub/i386-pc/modinfo.sh
>   doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory.
> ```
> 
> I found two existing guides, but one requires adding an extra block
> device and other shenanigans, and the other mentions some alarmingly
> outdated version numbers, so I don't trust either of them.

Hi, 

Having a similar experience about transforming a Debian droplet to Guix
on digitalocean, we provided a document for that. maybe that would also
helps you

https://wiki.pantherx.org/Installation-digital-ocean/

Regards
Reza

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Reza Alizadeh Majd
PantherX Team
https://www.pantherx.org/