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doc: Clarify 'cow-store'. 

Suggested by Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com>.

* doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation): Clarify what
'cow-store' is about.
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@ -6033,9 +6033,11 @@ With the target partitions ready and the target root mounted on
herd start cow-store /mnt herd start cow-store /mnt
@end example @end example
This makes @file{/gnu/store} copy-on-write, such that packages added to This makes @file{/gnu/store} copy-on-write, such that packages added to it
it during the installation phase are written to the target disk rather during the installation phase are written to the target disk on @file{/mnt}
than kept in memory. rather than kept in memory. This is necessary because the first phase of
the @command{guix system init} command (see below) entails downloads or
builds to @file{/gnu/store} which, initially, is an in-memory file system.
Next, you have to edit a file and Next, you have to edit a file and
provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed. To provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed. To