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diff --git a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md index def4f37fbcaa..7254f9d18406 100644 --- a/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md +++ b/nixpkgs/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md @@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ update /etc/fstab. which will be used by the boot partition. ```ShellSession - # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MiB -8GiB + # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MB -8GB ``` 3. Next, add a *swap* partition. The size required will vary according - to needs, here a 8GiB one is created. + to needs, here a 8GB one is created. ```ShellSession - # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100% + # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GB 100% ``` ::: {.note} @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ update /etc/fstab. reserved 512MiB at the start of the disk. ```ShellSession - # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MiB 512MiB + # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MB 512MB # parted /dev/sda -- set 3 esp on ``` @@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ update /etc/fstab. end part, where the swap will live. ```ShellSession - # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 1MiB -8GiB + # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 1MB -8GB ``` 3. Finally, add a *swap* partition. The size required will vary according to needs, here a 8GiB one is created. ```ShellSession - # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GiB 100% + # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GB 100% ``` ::: {.note} @@ -296,9 +296,15 @@ Use the following commands: specify on which disk the GRUB boot loader is to be installed. Without it, NixOS cannot boot. + : If there are other operating systems running on the machine before + installing NixOS, the [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.useOSProber) + option can be set to `true` to automatically add them to the grub + menu. + UEFI systems - : You *must* set the option [](#opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable) + : You must select a boot-loader, either system-boot or GRUB. The recommended + option is systemd-boot: set the option [](#opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable) to `true`. `nixos-generate-config` should do this automatically for new configurations when booted in UEFI mode. @@ -307,10 +313,14 @@ Use the following commands: [`boot.loader.systemd-boot`](#opt-boot.loader.systemd-boot.enable) as well. - If there are other operating systems running on the machine before - installing NixOS, the [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.useOSProber) - option can be set to `true` to automatically add them to the grub - menu. + : If you want to use GRUB, set [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.device) to `nodev` and + [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.efiSupport) to `true`. + + : With system-boot, you should not need any special configuration to detect + other installed systems. With GRUB, set [](#opt-boot.loader.grub.useOSProber) + to `true`, but this will only detect windows partitions, not other linux + distributions. If you dual boot another linux distribution, use system-boot + instead. If you need to configure networking for your machine the configuration options are described in [](#sec-networking). In @@ -476,6 +486,7 @@ With a partitioned disk. ```{=docbook} <xi:include href="installing-usb.section.xml" /> <xi:include href="installing-pxe.section.xml" /> +<xi:include href="installing-kexec.section.xml" /> <xi:include href="installing-virtualbox-guest.section.xml" /> <xi:include href="installing-from-other-distro.section.xml" /> <xi:include href="installing-behind-a-proxy.section.xml" /> |