fix: don't mount anything on root before debootstrap is run

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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/v-i b/v-i
index 8bdd6dd..c8beaaf 100755
--- a/v-i
+++ b/v-i
@@ -299,12 +299,6 @@ def vmdb_spec(system, ansible_vars):
             # ext4 seems like a safe choice. If you wanted another file
             # system, sorry.
             mkfs("root", "ext4"),
-            # Mount the root file system.
-            mount("root"),
-            # Mount /boot on top of the root file system.
-            mount("boot", dirname="/boot", mount_on="root"),
-            # Mount /boot/efi.
-            mount("efi", dirname="/boot/efi", mount_on="boot"),
         ]
     )
 
@@ -320,6 +314,8 @@ def vmdb_spec(system, ansible_vars):
 
     steps.extend(
         [
+            # Mount the root file system.
+            mount("root"),
             # If we have a cached version of the installed system, unpack
             # it now. Otherwise do nothing. Note that if you make any
             # changes to the steps marked "unless: rootfs_unpacked", you
@@ -345,8 +341,13 @@ def vmdb_spec(system, ansible_vars):
             # If we didn't unpack an existing cache archive, make one now.
             # Otherwise, skip this step.
             cache_rootfs("root"),
-            # This MUST be after the debootstrap step.
             virtual_filesystems("root"),
+            # Mount /boot on top of the root file system. This MUST be done after the
+            # debootstrap step: otherwise the root file system isn't empty, and then
+            # debootstrap fails.
+            mount("boot", dirname="/boot", mount_on="root"),
+            # Mount /boot/efi.
+            mount("efi", dirname="/boot/efi", mount_on="boot"),
             # Create /etc/fstab (and, if LUKS is used, /etc/crypttab).
             fstab("root"),
             # These MUST come after the fstab step so that they add the