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| author | Florian Klink <flokli@flokli.de> | 2022-09-10 14:12:23 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-09-10 14:12:23 +0200 |
| commit | d20ff65f00bc310572278b1173d6bad469fd67a3 (patch) | |
| tree | cb431df62efc1058095916d5c1f6a1713fee2965 /nixos | |
| parent | 725fe60de069ccdb8ba22da63d740cc572c559cb (diff) | |
| parent | c9627929279ebba679a357e3d5169e8011b2d692 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #188314 from cw1o/docs/update-mbr-partition-steps
nixos/docs: updated MBR partitioning steps
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos')
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md | 8 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml index 0112458674b5..e0ff368b800c 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/installation/installing.chapter.xml @@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ OK </listitem> <listitem> <para> + Set the root partition’s boot flag to on. This allows the + disk to be booted from. + </para> + <programlisting> +# parted /dev/sda -- set 1 boot on +</programlisting> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> Finally, add a <emphasis>swap</emphasis> partition. The size required will vary according to needs, here a 8GiB one is created. diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md index 7254f9d18406..b1e58b14b783 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md @@ -183,7 +183,13 @@ update /etc/fstab. # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 1MB -8GB ``` -3. Finally, add a *swap* partition. The size required will vary +3. Set the root partition's boot flag to on. This allows the disk to be booted from. + + ```ShellSession + # parted /dev/sda -- set 1 boot on + ``` + +4. Finally, add a *swap* partition. The size required will vary according to needs, here a 8GiB one is created. ```ShellSession |