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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2011-01-15 21:51:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2011-01-15 21:51:56 +0000 |
| commit | 41fcad19fb552f3525786c1081a19d8545f7d608 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c3d572e17aa2dec29ea48b26085a62642ef6a53 /doc | |
| parent | 88a4fda7d8ad26e2db363eb7c0d985ebedfba738 (diff) | |
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manual: Recommend `-O dir_index'.
svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=25580
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diff --git a/doc/manual/installation.xml b/doc/manual/installation.xml index 330ef14e0fd..225dd5239d9 100644 --- a/doc/manual/installation.xml +++ b/doc/manual/installation.xml @@ -96,11 +96,12 @@ $ nix-build ./nixos/release.nix -A iso_minimal.iso</screen> <listitem><para>For initialising Ext2/Ext3 partitions: <command>mke2fs</command>. Ext3 is recommended; use the - <option>-j</option> to create a journalled file system. It is - also recommended that you assign a unique symbolic label to the - file system using the option <option>-L - <replaceable>label</replaceable></option>. This will make the - file system configuration independent from device + <option>-j</option> to create a journalled file system. For + faster access to the Nix store, you may also want to use the + <option>-O dir_index</option>. It is also recommended that you + assign a unique symbolic label to the file system using the option + <option>-L <replaceable>label</replaceable></option>. This will + make the file system configuration independent from device changes.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>For creating swap partitions: |