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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-22 22:12:05 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-23 17:47:25 +0200
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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.
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@@ -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