Re: Some things to be aware of for docs

[Esteban Enrique <esteban.enrique.97@gmail.com>]

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Yes, and unfortunately it is far from concrete and simple at this point. It
basically says 'the drive should be partitioned.' I think adding a quick
step like you say should be sufficient without going into too much detail.
It just a suggestion, or an example config.

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 5:28 PM, myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com> wrote:

> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
>
> > On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 02:33:47PM -0500, Esteban Enrique wrote:
> [...]
> >>  First, formatting the drive. I have some experience with Arch Linux,
> so I
> >> had a general sense  of how to use fdisk. However, for the vast
> majority of
> >> those who don't know about this, there could be a link or a
> self-contained
> >> explanation that goes through the process of formatting the disk.
> [...]
> > On the other hand, in the meantime, *our* potential users are struggling
> > to get started.
> [...]
> > What do people think?
>
> A user should be able to try GuixSD without knowing anything about
> partitioning.  So, there should concrete and simple instructions (e.g. 1
> DOS partition no swap) guaranteed to work on an actual hard drive.
>
>
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