From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2xhZXMgV2FsbGluICjpn4vlmInoqqAp?= Subject: Re: Help with a basic GuixSD installation Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 19:06:48 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87mvzh2vkb.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=94eb2c095d80558f600519bf3b3d Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50527) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9yzo-0005xl-FV for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:06:57 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9yzi-0007Xp-5a for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:06:56 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22a]:36438) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z9yzi-0007Xh-0V for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 13:06:50 -0400 Received: by oift81 with SMTP id t81so12352369oif.3 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:06:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87mvzh2vkb.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Cc: guix-devel --94eb2c095d80558f600519bf3b3d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 30-Jun-2015 3:08 pm, "Ludovic Court=C3=A8s" wrote: > Evan Rowley skribis: > > > (file-systems (cons (file-system > > (device > > "/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD20EURS-63SPKY0_WD-WMC300539593-part3") > > (title "root") > > (mount-point "/") > > (type "ext4")) > > %base-file-systems)) > > You should be using something like: > > (file-system > (title 'label) > (device "ata-WDC_WD20EURS-63SPKY0_WD-WMC300539593-part3") > (mount-point "/") > (type "ext4")) > > It literally means: Mount the block device whose label (in the ext[234] > sense) is =E2=80=9Cata-WDC_WD20EURS-63SPKY0_WD-WMC300539593-part3=E2=80= =9D. > > The root file system is mounted from the initrd, when udev is not > running; thus /dev/disk/by-id is not available yet, and it=E2=80=99s impo= rtant > to use this 'label mechanism instead. So *that's* what the mysterious (title 'label) means! --=20 /c --94eb2c095d80558f600519bf3b3d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On 30-Jun-2015 3:08 pm, "Ludovic Court=C3=A8s" <= ;ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
> Evan Rowley <rowley.evan@g= mail.com> skribis:
>
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0(file-systems (cons (file-system
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0(device
> > "/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD20EURS-63SPKY0_WD-WMC300539593-pa= rt3")
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0(title "root")
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0(mount-point "/")
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0(type "ext4"))
> >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0%base-file-systems))
>
> You should be using something like:
>
> =C2=A0 (file-system
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (title 'label)
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (device "ata-WDC_WD20EURS-63SPKY0_WD-WMC300539593-p= art3")
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (mount-point "/")
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 (type "ext4"))
>
> It literally means: Mount the block device whose label (in the ext[234= ]
> sense) is =E2=80=9Cata-WDC_WD20EURS-63SPKY0_WD-WMC300539593-part3=E2= =80=9D.
>
> The root file system is mounted from the initrd, when udev is not
> running; thus /dev/disk/by-id is not available yet, and it=E2=80=99s i= mportant
> to use this 'label mechanism instead.

So *that's* what the mysterious (title 'label) means= !

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