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nixos/doc: Actually fix partitioning instructions.

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The previous tentative to the fix got the order mixed up a bit. This
new fix has been re-verified to get them in the good order as per the
instructions in the following chapters.
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Samuel Dionne-Riel 2018-10-07 20:08:03 -04:00
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@ -115,10 +115,17 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a <emphasis>swap</emphasis> partition. The size required will vary
according to needs, here a 8GiB one is created. The space left in front
(512MiB) will be used by the boot partition.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap 512MiB 8.5GiB</screen>
Add the <emphasis>root</emphasis> partition. This will fill the disk
except for the end part, where the swap will live, and the space left in
front (512MiB) which will be used by the boot partition.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MiB -8GiB</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Next, add a <emphasis>swap</emphasis> partition. The size required will
vary according to needs, here a 8GiB one is created.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100%</screen>
<note>
<para>
The swap partition size rules are no different than for other Linux
@ -127,20 +134,13 @@
</note>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Next, add the <emphasis>root</emphasis> partition. This will fill the
remainder ending part of the disk.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 8.5GiB -1MiB</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Finally, the <emphasis>boot</emphasis> partition. NixOS by default uses
the ESP (EFI system partition) as its <emphasis>/boot</emphasis>
partition. It uses the initially reserved 512MiB at the start of the
disk.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1M 512MiB
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 512MiB
# parted /dev/sda -- set 3 boot on</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
@ -177,9 +177,16 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Add a <emphasis>swap</emphasis> partition. The size required will vary
according to needs, here a 8GiB one is created.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap 1M 8GiB</screen>
Add the <emphasis>root</emphasis> partition. This will fill the the disk
except for the end part, where the swap will live.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 1MiB -8GiB</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Finally, add a <emphasis>swap</emphasis> partition. The size required
will vary according to needs, here a 8GiB one is created.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100%</screen>
<note>
<para>
The swap partition size rules are no different than for other Linux
@ -188,13 +195,6 @@
</note>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Finally, add the <emphasis>root</emphasis> partition. This will fill the
remainder of the disk.
<screen language="commands"># parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 8GiB -1s</screen>
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</para>
@ -486,17 +486,17 @@ $ nix-env -i w3m</screen>
<title>Example partition schemes for NixOS on <filename>/dev/sda</filename> (MBR)</title>
<screen language="commands">
# parted /dev/sda -- mklabel msdos
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap 1M 8GiB
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 8GiB -1s</screen>
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 1MiB -8GiB
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100%</screen>
</example>
<example xml:id="ex-partition-scheme-UEFI">
<title>Example partition schemes for NixOS on <filename>/dev/sda</filename> (UEFI)</title>
<screen language="commands">
# parted /dev/sda -- mklabel gpt
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap 512MiB 8.5GiB
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 8.5GiB -1MiB
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1M 512MiB
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MiB -8GiB
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100%
# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 512MiB
# parted /dev/sda -- set 3 boot on</screen>
</example>