>From fad4c96189416971aa4e87f158de68eaf7f1c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: swedebugia 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 +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