doc: Recommend partition labels.

* doc/guix.texi (System Installation): Recommend partition labels.
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Unless this has already been done, you must partition and format the Unless this has already been done, you must partition and format the
target partitions. target partitions.
Preferably, assign partitions a label so that you can easily and
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.
The installation image includes Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU The installation image includes Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU
Parted User Manual}), @command{fdisk}, and e2fsprogs, the suite of tools Parted User Manual}), @command{fdisk}, and e2fsprogs, the suite of tools
to manipulate ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems. to manipulate ext2/ext3/ext4 file systems.