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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-04-19 12:39:13 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-04-19 12:40:11 +0200
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doc: Mention 'mkswap' during installation.
Reported by Thierry Micoud <thierrymicoud@gmail.com>.

* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Mention 'mkswap'.
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@@ -6040,6 +6040,15 @@ partition):
 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
 @end example
 
+Finally, if you plan to use one or more swap partitions (@pxref{Memory
+Concepts, swap space,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}), make
+sure to initialize them with @command{mkswap}.  Assuming you have one
+swap partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, you would run:
+
+@example
+mkswap /dev/sda2
+@end example
+
 @node Proceeding with the Installation
 @subsection Proceeding with the Installation