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author | Samuel Leathers <sam@appliedtrust.com> | 2017-10-29 00:20:52 +0200 |
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committer | Samuel Leathers <sam@appliedtrust.com> | 2017-10-29 14:27:21 +0100 |
commit | 8a77a30bc18761de935bcb58fe1074a048741725 (patch) | |
tree | 8fb58ad2a7c4d5a274fa1a1414651c094448c2ca /nixos | |
parent | ed8e485c5dd4af5cbf99938fd6d9c8ebf8f76049 (diff) |
install documentation: document boot.loader.grub.useOSProber
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-rw-r--r-- | nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml index 94d8e9d2e1a39..b0674307a563d 100644 --- a/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml +++ b/nixos/doc/manual/installation/installing.xml @@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ the GRUB boot loader is to be installed. Without it, NixOS cannot boot.</para> + <para>If there are other operating systems running on the machine before + installing NixOS, the + <option>boot.loader.grub.useOSProber</option> option can be set to + <literal>true</literal> to automatically add them to the grub menu.</para> + <para>Another critical option is <option>fileSystems</option>, specifying the file systems that need to be mounted by NixOS. However, you typically don’t need to set it yourself, because |