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Troubles formatting usb-flash under GuixSD, cause it cannot find mkfs.vfat.

I've installed dosfstools but util-linux installation shows some another stuff.

# guix package -i dosfstools

The following package will be upgraded:

   dosfstools   4.1 → 4.1   /gnu/store/4im5hyda53qjnkc869m0fxdi7dm5f0lg-dosfstools-4.1



nothing to be done



# guix package -i util-linux

The following package will be upgraded:

   util-linux   2.32 → 2.32 /gnu/store/fbaawq3xvpqpnj4rdhbiq8kmkmf6biqv-util-linux-2.32



substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%

The following derivations will be built:

   /gnu/store/ml5l1q5k3law12k0wzwhm99wbrhsbfsh-profile.drv

   /gnu/store/xp95dbp21vy2an0rjrzfq5askywn9xsc-fonts-dir.drv

   /gnu/store/w161mxr5ilqavkgd90gl2f5pfz92nlk1-info-dir.drv

   /gnu/store/q4bp45cm6nnjjmk14cpy7kfklaq3j4wv-ca-certificate-bundle.drv

   /gnu/store/nm2iv9g5kjg5bb344n6p8c7aha5k8dvj-gtk-im-modules.drv

   /gnu/store/bi0wh6qa9c1l065d33nbfazd8kn5bprh-xdg-desktop-database.drv

   /gnu/store/6j4m52dc2fdz8sj88crr8i5vi39m2bzc-gtk-icon-themes.drv

   /gnu/store/68jwfnbz1nhczf2lg7jnklp9bzk7avls-glib-schemas.drv

   /gnu/store/0hp1w4nsxq288s5p9lwxqcfpnrr9r9sn-xdg-mime-database.drv

   /gnu/store/lzjilc0nallyk6k1lnk0v97y2af49mfk-manual-database.drv

No schema files found: doing nothing.

Creating manual page database...

146 entries processed in 0.5 s

9 packages in profile



# whereis mkfs |grep vfat

#

# whereis mkfs

mkfs: /gnu/store/lbbmdb8q34bxggkvsidi4j9hiyw3flv2-profile/sbin/mkfs.cramfs /gnu/store/lbbmdb8q34bxggkvsidi4j9hiyw3flv2-profile/sbin/mkfs.bfs /gnu/store/lbbmdb8q34bxggkvsidi4j9hiyw3flv2-profile/sbin/mkfs.fat /gnu/store/lbbmdb8q34bxggkvsidi4j9hiyw3flv2-profile/sbin/mkfs.minix /gnu/store/lbbmdb8q34bxggkvsidi4j9hiyw3flv2-profile/sbin/mkfs /gnu/store/pqkqim2q4sygx9nf02ajbcy8zwr6c80v-profile/sbin/mkfs.ext4 /gnu/store/pqkqim2q4sygx9nf02ajbcy8zwr6c80v-profile/sbin/mkfs.ext2 /gnu/store/pqkqim2q4sygx9nf02ajbcy8zwr6c80v-profile/sbin/mkfs.cramfs /gnu/store/pqkqim2q4sygx9nf02ajbcy8zwr6c80v-profile/sbin/mkfs.bfs /gnu/store/pqkqim2q4sygx9nf02ajbcy8zwr6c80v-profile/sbin/mkfs.minix /gnu/store/pqkqim2q4sygx9nf02ajbcy8zwr6c80v-profile/sbin/mkfs.ext3 /gnu/store/pqkqim2q4sygx9nf02ajbcy8zwr6c80v-profile/sbin/mkfs



# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdb1

mkfs: failed to execute mkfs.vfat: No such file or directory

Sorry? Why all another filesystems present but vfat does not?

mkdosfs does not work too:

mkdosfs -F 32 -I /dev/sdb1

bash: mkdosfs: command not found

How to format to Fat 32 under GuixSD? I want just to burn flash with linux-iso.

How to format to Fat 32 under GuixSD?

You should use the following command:

mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdb

The command mkfs.vfat is depricated (old) accordding to the source package, (check guix package -s dosfstools to get the package source).

To get the command mkfs.vfat again you should rebuild the package with the --enable-compat-symlinks option:

The ./configure script has an option --enable-compat-symlinks that will configure the build to symlink older names of the tools to the current ones on installation. These are dosfsck, fsck.msdos and fsck.vfat for fsck.fat, mkdosfs, mkfs.msdos and mkfs.vfat for mkfs.fat and dosfslabel for fatlabel.

once done the command mkfs.vfat will work , and the mkfs will accept the vfat option.