From 6ab63268e4a100340995fc16cb4afc34c0edae09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:46:34 +0200 Subject: doc: Mention 'mkfs.fat' for the ESP. Suggested by Hartmut Goebel . * doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Mention 'mkfs.fat'. --- doc/guix.texi | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 1356a357cc..601cf51b37 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7930,7 +7930,12 @@ Once you are done partitioning the target hard disk drive, you have to create a file system on the relevant partition(s)@footnote{Currently GuixSD only supports ext4 and btrfs file systems. In particular, code that reads partition UUIDs and labels only works for these file system -types.}. +types.}. For the ESP, if you have one and assuming it is +@file{/dev/sda2}, run: + +@example +mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda2 +@end example Preferably, assign partitions a label so that you can easily and reliably refer to them in @code{file-system} declarations (@pxref{File -- cgit 1.4.1