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authorPol Dellaiera <pol.dellaiera@protonmail.com>2023-07-26 15:12:51 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-07-26 15:12:51 +0200
commit5763cc6221927132b96e741759b6a5c1c377bae8 (patch)
tree79922e36b02ab4aa3d264da5e74824922a9583eb /nixos/doc/manual/installation
parent4d01d2bcb1b8fa2ddf276d1f4e43edbe8bccae00 (diff)
parentf652c8335446a841b4ee5b0be1a0a783e449e743 (diff)
Merge pull request #232491 from 6t8k/20230517_nixos_manual_installing_partitioning
nixos/manual: rectify partitioning commands for UEFI/GPT
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/doc/manual/installation')
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md
index 53cf9ed14c33a..815bcc071cd9c 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.chapter.md
@@ -249,14 +249,14 @@ update /etc/fstab.
     which will be used by the boot partition.
 
     ```ShellSession
-    # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MB -8GB
+    # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart root ext4 512MB -8GB
     ```
 
 3.  Next, add a *swap* partition. The size required will vary according
     to needs, here a 8GB one is created.
 
     ```ShellSession
-    # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GB 100%
+    # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart swap linux-swap -8GB 100%
     ```
 
     ::: {.note}
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ corresponding configuration Nix expression.
 ### Example partition schemes for NixOS on `/dev/sda` (UEFI)
 ```ShellSession
 # parted /dev/sda -- mklabel gpt
-# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary 512MB -8GB
-# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart primary linux-swap -8GB 100%
+# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart root ext4 512MB -8GB
+# parted /dev/sda -- mkpart swap linux-swap -8GB 100%
 # parted /dev/sda -- mkpart ESP fat32 1MB 512MB
 # parted /dev/sda -- set 3 esp on
 ```