From 9b396c0cabb086746cbe4ec20d4ae0d79962d758 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 23:11:36 +0200
Subject: 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.
---
 gnu/system/vm.scm | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'gnu')

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 @@ (define-module (gnu system vm)
   #: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 @@ (define virtual-file-systems
                   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
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