From: swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>
To: 33444@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:05:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3add3d18-3322-d2fd-85c0-bc42683ac5e6@riseup.net> (raw)
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Cheers
Swedebugia
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From fad4c96189416971aa4e87f158de68eaf7f1c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net>
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
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next reply other threads:[~2018-11-20 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-20 17:05 swedebugia [this message]
2018-11-20 21:14 ` [bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations Nils Gillmann
2018-12-17 10:44 ` swedebugia
2022-04-07 12:00 ` zimoun
2022-06-23 9:59 ` zimoun
2022-10-08 14:34 ` bug#33444: " zimoun
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