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authorPierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>2019-01-21 19:27:51 +0100
committerPierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>2019-01-23 18:01:16 +0100
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doc: Correct EFI-specific system configuration details.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): /boot/efi is arbitrary. Mention /boot/efi consistently. (Proceeding with the Installation): Make it explicit that the EFI mount point must both be mounted and be specified in the system configuration.
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@@ -2106,8 +2106,8 @@ manual}).
@cindex UEFI, installation
@cindex ESP, EFI system partition
If you instead wish to use EFI-based GRUB, a FAT32 @dfn{EFI System Partition}
-(ESP) is required. This partition should be mounted at @file{/boot/efi} and
-must have the @code{esp} flag set. E.g., for @command{parted}:
+(ESP) is required. This partition can be mounted at @file{/boot/efi} for
+instance and must have the @code{esp} flag set. E.g., for @command{parted}:
@example
parted /dev/sda set 1 esp on
@@ -2169,9 +2169,9 @@ mount LABEL=my-root /mnt
@end example
Also mount any other file systems you would like to use on the target
-system relative to this path. If you have @file{/boot} on a separate
-partition for example, mount it at @file{/mnt/boot} now so it is found
-by @code{guix system init} afterwards.
+system relative to this path. If you have opted for @file{/boot/efi} as an
+EFI mount point for example, mount it at @file{/mnt/boot/efi} now so it is
+found by @code{guix system init} afterwards.
Finally, if you plan to use one or more swap partitions (@pxref{Memory
Concepts, swap space,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}), make
@@ -2253,8 +2253,9 @@ you want to install GRUB on. It should mention @code{grub-bootloader} if
you are installing GRUB in the legacy way, or @code{grub-efi-bootloader}
for newer UEFI systems. For legacy systems, the @code{target} field
names a device, like @code{/dev/sda}; for UEFI systems it names a path
-to a mounted EFI partition, like @code{/boot/efi}, and do make sure the
-path is actually mounted.
+to a mounted EFI partition, like @code{/boot/efi}; do make sure the path is
+currently mounted and a @code{file-sytem} entry is specified in your
+configuration.
@item
Be sure that your file system labels match the value of their respective