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[bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
From: |
Nils Gillmann |
Subject: |
[bug#33444] [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations. |
Date: |
Tue, 20 Nov 2018 21:14:20 +0000 |
swedebugia transcribed 2.4K bytes:
>
> --
> Cheers
> Swedebugia
> From fad4c96189416971aa4e87f158de68eaf7f1c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: swedebugia <address@hidden>
> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:00:31 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
>
> * doc/guix.texi (Disk Partitioning): Add paragraph and table.
> ---
> doc/guix.texi | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
> index c2c778a28..5cb218b23 100644
> --- a/doc/guix.texi
> +++ b/doc/guix.texi
> @@ -9273,7 +9273,6 @@ network interface you want to use):
> @example
> wpa_supplicant -c wpa_supplicant.conf -i @var{interface} -B
> @end example
> -
> Run @command{man wpa_supplicant} for more information.
> @end table
>
> @@ -9306,10 +9305,35 @@ Make sure to either set a password with
> @command{passwd}, or configure
> OpenSSH public key authentication before logging in.
>
> @subsubsection Disk Partitioning
> address@hidden partitioning
> address@hidden disk partitioning
> address@hidden format partition
>
> Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and
> then format the target partition(s).
>
> +GuixSD takes more up more space for each system- and package
I think you wanted to write: ... takes up more space ... ?
> +generation. Generally you should allocate more space than when using other
> +GNU/Linux distribution with primarily binary package distribution (deb, rpm,
> +pkg.tar.gz, etc.).
> +
> address@hidden space consideratons
> address@hidden partition size
> +We recommend the following:
> address@hidden @asis
> address@hidden 10 GB
> +A bare minimum for servers with no Xorg and just a few packages and
> +generations
> +
> address@hidden 30 GB
> +The minimum for installations with Xorg and just a few packages and
> +generations
> +
> address@hidden >50 GB
> +This gives you a good margin and you will probably not have to collect
> garbage
> +that often with this setup.
> address@hidden table
> +
> The installation image includes several partitioning tools, including
> Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU Parted User Manual}),
> @command{fdisk}, and @command{cfdisk}. Run it and set up your disk with
> --
> 2.18.0
>