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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-07-22 22:12:05 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2014-07-23 17:47:25 +0200 |
| commit | 83a17b62363c85f05a0916e9b7493d9d58ce7196 (patch) | |
| tree | 61a7d6a1a573b1b26fb76886e9e4dd51b1cc7baa /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | 5383fb5bd4bec0b74b9cc9522b0906dec52cf1ab (diff) | |
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install: Add a service to back the store with the target disk.
Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/18061>.
Reported by Adam Pribyl <pribyl@lowlevel.cz>.
* gnu/services/dmd.scm (dmd-configuration-file)[config]: Import (guix
build utils).
* gnu/system/install.scm (make-cow-store, cow-store-service): New
procedures.
(installation-services): Use it.
(%backing-directory): New variable.
* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Add the 'deco start cow-store
/mnt' phase.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7bc10dc566..6266f70194 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2799,9 +2799,18 @@ The installation image includes Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU Parted User Manual}), @command{fdisk}, and e2fsprogs, the suite of tools to manipulate ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems. +@item +Once that is done, mount the target root partition under @file{/mnt}. + +@item +Lastly, run @code{deco start cow-store /mnt}. + +This will make @file{/gnu/store} copy-on-write, such that packages added +to it during the installation phase will be written to the target disk +rather than kept in memory. + @end enumerate -Once that is done, mount the target root partition under @file{/mnt}. @subsection Proceeding with the Installation |