doc: Mention 'mkfs.fat' for the ESP.

Suggested by Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>.

* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Mention 'mkfs.fat'.
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@ -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