From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41747) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9TY-00047v-6Y for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:06:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9TU-0003Ab-WF for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:06:12 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9TR-00038b-0Z for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:06:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9TQ-0002v4-ND for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:06:04 -0500 Subject: [bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations. Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41326) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9Sz-0003io-Oj for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:05:44 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9Sv-0002jJ-PS for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:05:37 -0500 Received: from mx1.riseup.net ([198.252.153.129]:53854) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gP9Ss-0002dV-Tq for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 12:05:32 -0500 Received: from cotinga.riseup.net (cotinga-pn.riseup.net [10.0.1.164]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.riseup.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.riseup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 684F61A062B for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:05:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cotinga.riseup.net with ESMTPSA id B1EB2E7ADB for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:05:22 -0800 (PST) From: swedebugia Message-ID: <3add3d18-3322-d2fd-85c0-bc42683ac5e6@riseup.net> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:05:20 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------377572E69AF0F04F7C61BC6C" Content-Language: en-US List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 33444@debbugs.gnu.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------377572E69AF0F04F7C61BC6C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -- Cheers Swedebugia --------------377572E69AF0F04F7C61BC6C Content-Type: text/x-patch; name="0001-doc-Partition-space-recommendations.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="0001-doc-Partition-space-recommendations.patch" >From fad4c96189416971aa4e87f158de68eaf7f1c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: swedebugia Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:00:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations. * doc/guix.texi (Disk Partitioning): Add paragraph and table. --- doc/guix.texi | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index c2c778a28..5cb218b23 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -9273,7 +9273,6 @@ network interface you want to use): @example wpa_supplicant -c wpa_supplicant.conf -i @var{interface} -B @end example - Run @command{man wpa_supplicant} for more information. @end table @@ -9306,10 +9305,35 @@ Make sure to either set a password with @command{passwd}, or configure OpenSSH public key authentication before logging in. @subsubsection Disk Partitioning +@cindex partitioning +@cindex disk partitioning +@cindex format partition Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and then format the target partition(s). +GuixSD takes more up more space for each system- and package +generation. Generally you should allocate more space than when using other +GNU/Linux distribution with primarily binary package distribution (deb, rpm, +pkg.tar.gz, etc.). + +@cindex space consideratons +@cindex partition size +We recommend the following: +@table @asis +@item 10 GB +A bare minimum for servers with no Xorg and just a few packages and +generations + +@item 30 GB +The minimum for installations with Xorg and just a few packages and +generations + +@item >50 GB +This gives you a good margin and you will probably not have to collect garbage +that often with this setup. +@end table + The installation image includes several partitioning tools, including Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU Parted User Manual}), @command{fdisk}, and @command{cfdisk}. Run it and set up your disk with -- 2.18.0 --------------377572E69AF0F04F7C61BC6C--