From 31b6cdf8d196f36790776f366868fe64932fa23d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 12:39:13 +0200
Subject: doc: Mention 'mkswap' during installation.
Reported by Thierry Micoud <thierrymicoud@gmail.com>.
* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Mention 'mkswap'.
---
doc/guix.texi | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 4d694c500c..9e634135a8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -6040,6 +6040,15 @@ partition):
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
@end example
+Finally, if you plan to use one or more swap partitions (@pxref{Memory
+Concepts, swap space,, libc, The GNU C Library Reference Manual}), make
+sure to initialize them with @command{mkswap}. Assuming you have one
+swap partition on @file{/dev/sda2}, you would run:
+
+@example
+mkswap /dev/sda2
+@end example
+
@node Proceeding with the Installation
@subsection Proceeding with the Installation
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