From dd81635571caf202895371a06b95334b612707fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 21:38:55 -0500 Subject: doc: Explain significance of partition labels. * doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Point out relationship between partition labels and the file-system configuration. --- doc/guix.texi | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/guix.texi') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e12bc9f7a6..a70fbe86ed 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Nikita Karetnikov@* Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Mathieu Lirzin@* Copyright @copyright{} 2014 Pierre-Antoine Rault@* Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer +Copyright @copyright{} 2015 Leo Famulari Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or @@ -5456,6 +5457,13 @@ reliably refer to them in @code{file-system} declarations (@pxref{File Systems}). This is typically done using the @code{-L} option of @command{mkfs.ext4} and related commands. +Be sure that your partition labels match the value of their respective +@code{device} fields in your @code{file-system} configuration, if your +@code{file-system} configuration sets the value of @code{title} to +@code{'label}, as do the example configurations found on the USB +installation image under @file{/etc/configuration} (@pxref{Using the +Configuration System}). + @c FIXME: Uncomment this once GRUB fully supports encrypted roots. @c A typical command sequence may be: @c -- cgit 1.4.1