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From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
To: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: [v2 1/2] doc: Explain significance of partition labels.
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 23:30:32 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <c362947ae3da9190ca78f666fcd388394ab2b731.1450672148.git.leo@famulari.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1450672148.git.leo@famulari.name>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1450672148.git.leo@famulari.name>

* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Point out relationship
between partition labels and the file-system configuration.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 06d70ba..152a713 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Nikita Karetnikov@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Mathieu Lirzin@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2014 Pierre-Antoine Rault@*
 Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer
+Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Leo Famulari
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
 under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or
@@ -5456,6 +5457,13 @@ reliably refer to them in @code{file-system} declarations (@pxref{File
 Systems}).  This is typically done using the @code{-L} option of
 @command{mkfs.ext4} and related commands.
 
+Be sure that your partition labels match the value of their respective
+@code{device} fields in your @code{file-system} configuration, if your
+@code{file-system} configuration sets the value of @code{title} to
+@code{'label}, as do the example configurations found on the USB
+installation image under @file{/etc/configuration} (@pxref{Using the
+Configuration System}).
+
 @c FIXME: Uncomment this once GRUB fully supports encrypted roots.
 @c A typical command sequence may be:
 @c
-- 
2.6.2

  reply	other threads:[~2015-12-21  4:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-12-21  4:30 [v2 0/2] doc: Explain significance of partition labels Leo Famulari
2015-12-21  4:30 ` Leo Famulari [this message]
2015-12-21 15:35   ` [v2 1/2] " Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-21 18:16     ` Leo Famulari
2015-12-21  4:30 ` [v2 2/2] doc: Be more explicit in example of file-systems configuration Leo Famulari
2015-12-21 15:36   ` Ludovic Courtès
2015-12-21 18:16     ` Leo Famulari

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