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author | Robin Gloster <mail@glob.in> | 2019-11-20 10:26:02 +0100 |
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committer | Robin Gloster <mail@glob.in> | 2019-11-20 10:30:49 +0100 |
commit | 844625708e62d22b9181fa72379d0d62285a5820 (patch) | |
tree | 6c2c6d3926445945ce73b63fbb29b32d977a2791 /nixos/doc/manual/installation | |
parent | ec9cf578e56ff7c3045878f86506338b0112777d (diff) | |
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nixos/manual: reword installation section
Sounded a bit unprofessional and pessimistic. Was actually called out on twitter.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml index 8ff920eb5a88..7991c43e01fe 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml @@ -392,11 +392,11 @@ <filename>hardware-configuration.nix</filename> is included from <filename>configuration.nix</filename> and will be overwritten by future invocations of <command>nixos-generate-config</command>; thus, you - generally should not modify it.) Additionally, you may want to look at + generally should not modify it.) Additionally, you may want to look at <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixos-hardware">Hardware configuration for known-hardware</link> at this point or after installation. - + </para> <note> <para> @@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ Do the installation: <screen> <prompt># </prompt>nixos-install</screen> - Cross fingers. If this fails due to a temporary problem (such as a network - issue while downloading binaries from the NixOS binary cache), you can - just re-run <command>nixos-install</command>. Otherwise, fix your - <filename>configuration.nix</filename> and then re-run - <command>nixos-install</command>. + This will install your system based on the configuration you provided. + If anything fails due to a configuration problem or any other issue + (such as a network outage while downloading binaries from the NixOS + binary cache), you can re-run <command>nixos-install</command> after + fixing your <filename>configuration.nix</filename>. </para> <para> As the last step, <command>nixos-install</command> will ask you to set the |