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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-04-19 12:39:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-04-19 12:40:11 +0200 |
| commit | 31b6cdf8d196f36790776f366868fe64932fa23d (patch) | |
| tree | 9a097b2cfbd955acc355f902b0b1d56473127356 | |
| parent | f94bf1983b3da60fdbe176259b19316a547dad07 (diff) | |
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doc: Mention 'mkswap' during installation.
Reported by Thierry Micoud <thierrymicoud@gmail.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Mention 'mkswap'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 4d694c500c..9e634135a8 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6040,6 +6040,15 @@ partition): mount /dev/sda1 /mnt @end example +Finally, if you plan to use one or more swap partitions (@pxref{Memory +Concepts, swap space,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}), make +sure to initialize them with @command{mkswap}. Assuming you have one +swap partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, you would run: + +@example +mkswap /dev/sda2 +@end example + @node Proceeding with the Installation @subsection Proceeding with the Installation |