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07/11: doc: Explain why the config file should be stored on the target.


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: 07/11: doc: Explain why the config file should be stored on the target.
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:52:32 +0000

civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit efa77c6c92d47f7eab5827681e83a94bc3cc7a8c
Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon Mar 28 22:02:37 2016 +0200

    doc: Explain why the config file should be stored on the target.
    
    Suggested by Chris Marusich <address@hidden>.
    
    * doc/guix.texi (Proceeding with the Installation): Explain why the
    config file should be on the target file system.
---
 doc/guix.texi |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 0eea658..18de55c 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -6048,8 +6048,9 @@ Next, you have to edit a file and
 provide the declaration of the operating system to be installed.  To
 that end, the installation system comes with two text editors: GNU nano
 (@pxref{Top,,, nano, GNU nano Manual}), and GNU Zile, an Emacs clone.
-It is better to store that file on the target root file system, say, as
address@hidden/mnt/etc/config.scm}.
+We strongly recommend storing that file on the target root file system, say,
+as @file{/mnt/etc/config.scm}.  Failing to do that, you will have lost your
+configuration file once you have rebooted into the newly-installed system.
 
 @xref{Using the Configuration System}, for an overview of the
 configuration file.  The example configurations discussed in that



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