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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-03-28 22:02:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-03-28 22:25:42 +0200 |
| commit | efa77c6c92d47f7eab5827681e83a94bc3cc7a8c (patch) | |
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doc: Explain why the config file should be stored on the target.
Suggested by Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation): Explain why the
config file should be on the target file system.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 0eea658a13..18de55c81b 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6048,8 +6048,9 @@ Next, you have to edit a file and provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed. To that end, the installation system comes with two text editors: GNU nano (@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), and GNU Zile, an Emacs clone. -It is better to store that file on the target root file system, say, as -@file{/mnt/etc/config.scm}. +We strongly recommend storing that file on the target root file system, say, +as @file{/mnt/etc/config.scm}. Failing to do that, you will have lost your +configuration file once you have rebooted into the newly-installed system. @xref{Using the Configuration System}, for an overview of the configuration file. The example configurations discussed in that |