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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-05-30 23:44:28 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-05-30 23:46:17 +0200
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parentbd3fc08c4dc718bb76c1a45b875c97d67bfdc3fa (diff)
downloadguix-85a83edb369dcebd1019674427dda9e6b3e2ed4b.tar.gz
linux-initrd: Allow use of volume labels in 'file-system' declarations.
* guix/build/linux-initrd.scm (%ext2-endianness, %ext2-sblock-magic,
  %ext2-sblock-creator-os, %ext2-sblock-uuid, %ext2-sblock-volume-name):
  New macros.
  (read-ext2-superblock, ext2-superblock-uuid,
  ext2-superblock-volume-name, disk-partitions,
  partition-label-predicate, find-partition-by-label,
  canonicalize-device-spec): New procedures.
  (mount-file-system): Use 'canonicalize-device-spec' on SOURCE.
  (boot-system): Likewise for ROOT.
* doc/guix.texi (Using the Configuration System): Adjust 'file-system'
  declaration accordingly.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c10479ff12..eeadb04d78 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -3130,7 +3130,7 @@ Linux-Libre kernel, initial RAM disk, and boot loader looks like this:
    (bootloader (grub-configuration
                  (device "/dev/sda")))
    (file-systems (list (file-system
-                         (device "/dev/disk/by-label/root")
+                         (device "/dev/sda1") ; or partition label
                          (mount-point "/")
                          (type "ext3"))))
    (users (list (user-account