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commit 31b6cdf8d196f36790776f366868fe64932fa23d
Author: Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Apr 19 12:39:13 2016 +0200
doc: Mention 'mkswap' during installation.
Reported by Thierry Micoud <[email protected]>.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Mention 'mkswap'.
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@@ -6040,6 +6040,15 @@ partition):
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
@end example
+Finally, if you plan to use one or more swap partitions (@pxref{Memory
+Concepts, swap space,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}), make
+sure to initialize them with @command{mkswap}. Assuming you have one
+swap partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, you would run:
+
+@example
+mkswap /dev/sda2
+@end example
+
@node Proceeding with the Installation
@subsection Proceeding with the Installation
