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Clarify installation steps w.r.t. disk partitions #39066

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18 changes: 7 additions & 11 deletions nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml
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Expand Up @@ -115,23 +115,17 @@ for a UEFI installation is by and large the same as a BIOS installation. The dif
<varlistentry><term>UEFI systems</term>
<listitem><para>For creating boot partitions:
<command>mkfs.fat</command>. Again it’s recommended to assign a
label to the boot partition: <option>-L
label to the boot partition: <option>-n
<replaceable>label</replaceable></option>. For example:

<screen>
# mkfs.fat -F 32 -L boot /dev/sda3</screen>
# mkfs.fat -F 32 -n boot /dev/sda3</screen>
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Should boot be changed to BOOT, or is the warning identified in the ticket not a problem?

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Lower-case FAT partition labels are a problem for windows, but not for Linux. We could make sure and use BOOT everywhere. It is not necessary technically, but won't lead to a warning which might distract novice users.


</para></listitem></varlistentry></variablelist></listitem>

<listitem><para>For creating LVM volumes, the LVM commands, e.g.,

<screen>
# pvcreate /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
# vgcreate MyVolGroup /dev/sda1 /dev/sdb1
# lvcreate --size 2G --name bigdisk MyVolGroup
# lvcreate --size 1G --name smalldisk MyVolGroup</screen>

</para></listitem>
<command>pvcreate</command>, <command>vgcreate</command>, and
<command>lvcreate</command>.</para></listitem>

<listitem><para>For creating software RAID devices, use
<command>mdadm</command>.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Mount the boot file system on <filename>/mnt/boot</filename>, e.g.

<screen>
# mkdir -p /mnt/boot
# mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot
</screen>

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# mkfs.ext4 -L nixos /dev/sda1
# mkswap -L swap /dev/sda2
# swapon /dev/sda2
# mkfs.fat -F 32 -L boot /dev/sda3 # <lineannotation>(for UEFI systems only)</lineannotation>
# mkfs.fat -F 32 -n boot /dev/sda3 # <lineannotation>(for UEFI systems only)</lineannotation>
# mount /dev/disk/by-label/nixos /mnt
# mkdir -p /mnt/boot # <lineannotation>(for UEFI systems only)</lineannotation>
# mount /dev/disk/by-label/boot /mnt/boot # <lineannotation>(for UEFI systems only)</lineannotation>
# nixos-generate-config --root /mnt
# nano /mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix
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