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author宋文武 <iyzsong@member.fsf.org>2017-01-22 20:17:35 +0800
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doc: Mention the need of a BIOS boot partition when using GPT.
* doc/guix.text (Preparing for Installation)[Disk Partitioning]: Mention the need of a BIOS boot partition when using GPT with the defualt GRUB.
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@@ -6963,6 +6963,11 @@ the partition layout you want:
cfdisk
@end example
+If your disk uses the GUID Partition Table (GPT) format and you plan to
+install BIOS-based GRUB (which is the default), make sure a BIOS Boot
+Partition is available (@pxref{BIOS installation,,, grub, GNU GRUB
+manual}).
+
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