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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2017-09-19 13:46:34 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2017-09-19 23:58:24 +0200 |
| commit | 6ab63268e4a100340995fc16cb4afc34c0edae09 (patch) | |
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doc: Mention 'mkfs.fat' for the ESP.
Suggested by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Mention 'mkfs.fat'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1356a357cc..601cf51b37 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7930,7 +7930,12 @@ Once you are done partitioning the target hard disk drive, you have to create a file system on the relevant partition(s)@footnote{Currently GuixSD only supports ext4 and btrfs file systems. In particular, code that reads partition UUIDs and labels only works for these file system -types.}. +types.}. For the ESP, if you have one and assuming it is +@file{/dev/sda2}, run: + +@example +mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda2 +@end example Preferably, assign partitions a label so that you can easily and reliably refer to them in @code{file-system} declarations (@pxref{File |