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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-10-19 23:11:36 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-10-19 23:21:49 +0200
commit9b396c0cabb086746cbe4ec20d4ae0d79962d758 (patch)
tree53a3cfca7b6e3dd3e1eada7ccda48358021d394a /gnu
parentb11962067b9337c65da499af0dfd48b08915d757 (diff)
vm: Always use GRUB/i386.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/28768>. Reported by Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>. * gnu/system/vm.scm (virtualized-operating-system): Override the 'bootloader' field.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/vm.scm10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 273a895bef..3127b305e1 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
#:use-module (gnu packages admin)
#:use-module (gnu bootloader)
- #:use-module ((gnu bootloader grub) #:select (grub-mkrescue-bootloader))
+ #:use-module (gnu bootloader grub)
#:use-module (gnu system shadow)
#:use-module (gnu system pam)
#:use-module (gnu system linux-initrd)
@@ -565,6 +565,14 @@ environment with the store shared with the host. MAPPINGS is a list of
user-file-systems)))
(operating-system (inherit os)
+
+ ;; XXX: Until we run QEMU with UEFI support (with the OVMF firmware),
+ ;; force the traditional i386/BIOS method.
+ ;; See <https://bugs.gnu.org/28768>.
+ (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
+ (bootloader grub-bootloader)
+ (target "/dev/vda")))
+
(initrd (lambda (file-systems . rest)
(apply base-initrd file-systems
#:volatile-root? #t