From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47690) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPDLU-0003j8-Gl for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:14:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPDLR-0003Qe-Ia for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:14:08 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:33223) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gPDLO-0003O4-2g for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:14:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gPDLN-0000kI-QU for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:14:01 -0500 Subject: [bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations. Resent-Message-ID: Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:14:20 +0000 From: Nils Gillmann Message-ID: <20181120211420.gqozeg6brqqavaxw@abyayala> References: <3add3d18-3322-d2fd-85c0-bc42683ac5e6@riseup.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3add3d18-3322-d2fd-85c0-bc42683ac5e6@riseup.net> 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: swedebugia Cc: 33444@debbugs.gnu.org swedebugia transcribed 2.4K bytes: > > -- > Cheers > Swedebugia > 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 I think you wanted to write: ... takes up more space ... ? > +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 >