doc: Use a consistent partitioning scheme.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Consistently refer to the ESP as /dev/sda1; root file system as /dev/sda2; and swap as /dev/sda3.
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@ -8641,21 +8641,21 @@ create a file system on the relevant partition(s)@footnote{Currently
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GuixSD only supports ext4 and btrfs file systems. In particular, code
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that reads file system UUIDs and labels only works for these file system
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types.}. For the ESP, if you have one and assuming it is
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@file{/dev/sda2}, run:
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@file{/dev/sda1}, run:
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@example
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mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda2
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mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda1
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@end example
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Preferably, assign file systems a label so that you can easily and
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reliably refer to them in @code{file-system} declarations (@pxref{File
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Systems}). This is typically done using the @code{-L} option of
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@command{mkfs.ext4} and related commands. So, assuming the target root
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partition lives at @file{/dev/sda1}, a file system with the label
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partition lives at @file{/dev/sda2}, a file system with the label
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@code{my-root} can be created with:
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@example
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mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/sda1
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mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/sda2
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@end example
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@cindex encrypted disk
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@ -8663,12 +8663,12 @@ If you are instead planning to encrypt the root partition, you can use
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the Cryptsetup/LUKS utilities to do that (see @inlinefmtifelse{html,
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@uref{https://linux.die.net/man/8/cryptsetup, @code{man cryptsetup}},
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@code{man cryptsetup}} for more information.) Assuming you want to
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store the root partition on @file{/dev/sda1}, the command sequence would
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store the root partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, the command sequence would
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be along these lines:
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@example
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cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda1
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cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda1 my-partition
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cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda2
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cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda2 my-partition
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mkfs.ext4 -L my-root /dev/mapper/my-partition
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@end example
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Finally, if you plan to use one or more swap partitions (@pxref{Memory
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Concepts, swap space,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}), make
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sure to initialize them with @command{mkswap}. Assuming you have one
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swap partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, you would run:
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swap partition on @file{/dev/sda3}, you would run:
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@example
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mkswap /dev/sda2
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swapon /dev/sda2
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mkswap /dev/sda3
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swapon /dev/sda3
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@end example
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Alternatively, you may use a swap file. For example, assuming that in
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