Volume on disk3s7 failed to mount

[Phoeenix05]

Error

Error: 
   0: Install failure
   1: Error executing action
   2: Action `create_nix_volume` errored
   3: Action `encrypt_apfs_volume` errored
   4: Failed to execute command with status 1 `"/usr/sbin/diskutil" "mount" "Nix Store"`, stdout: 
      stderr: Volume on disk3s7 failed to mount

Metadata

key	value
version	0.27.1
os	macos
arch	aarch64

[cole-h]

That's interesting. What does diskutil info disk3s7 say about the disk? Is this an organization-managed device?

[Phoeenix05]

I'm sorry, I cannot provide more info as I decided to use the official nix installer right after I made this report. But no this is my own MacBook not organization managed. If it helps my MacBook is a base 14" M1 Pro.

[Phoeenix05]

Also, I upgraded to Sequoia and reset my machine before installing nix.

[defaude]

Trying to install on a completely fresh MBP 14", 2001 (with M1 Pro CPU) using running Sequoia (15.1.1).

Fails immediately with this output:

 INFO Step: Create an encrypted APFS volume `Nix Store` for Nix on `disk3` and add it to `/etc/fstab` mounting on `/nix`
ERROR Error saving receipt: RecordingReceipt("/nix" OS { code: 30, kind: ReadOnlyFilesystem, message: "Read-only file system" })
ERROR
    0: Install failure
    1: Error executing action
    2: Action `create_nix_volume` errored
    3: Action `encrypt_apfs_volume` errored
    4: Failed to execute command `"/usr/sbin/diskutil" "moint" "Nix Store"`
       stdout:
       stderr: Volume on disk3s7 failed to mount

    4: exited with status code: 1
    4:

Location:
    src/cli/subcommand/install.rs:259

Yes, it is a machine that's managed by an organization.

[cole-h]

We actually released 0.30.2 which (we hope) includes a workaround for this, would you be willing to give that a shot?

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -L https://install.determinate.systems/nix/tag/v0.30.2 | \
  sh -s -- install

[defaude]

That worked like a charm, thank you so much! Output after the "Proceed?" prompt looks like this:

 INFO Step: Create an encrypted APFS volume `Nix Store` for Nix on `disk3` and add it to `/etc/fstab` mounting on `/nix`
 INFO Step: Provision Nix
 INFO Step: Create build users (UID 351-382) and group (GID 350)
 INFO Step: Configure Time Machine exclusions
 INFO Step: Configure Nix
 INFO Step: Configuring zsh to support using Nix in non-interactive shells
 INFO Step: Create a `launchctl` plist to put Nix into your PATH
 INFO Step: Configure upstream Nix daemon service
 INFO Step: Remove directory `/nix/temp-install-dir`
Nix was installed successfully!
To get started using Nix, open a new shell or run `. /nix/var/nix/profiles/default/etc/profile.d/nix-daemon.sh`

[philschonholzer]

Got this also just now on a factory reseted MacBook

Error

Error: 
   0: Install failure
   1: Error executing action
   2: Action `create_nix_volume` errored
   3: Action `encrypt_apfs_volume` errored
   4: Failed to execute command `"/usr/sbin/diskutil" "mount" "Nix Store"`
      stdout: 
      stderr: Volume on disk3s7 failed to mount

   4: exited with status code: 1

Metadata

key	value
version	0.32.2
os	macos
arch	aarch64

[philschonholzer]

After running v0.30.2 it worked, but I guess it would have worked the second time also running v0.32.2 again.