Subject: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.
From: swedebugia <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:05:20 +0100
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

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Swedebugia
From fad4c96189416971aa4e87f158de68eaf7f1c82c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: swedebugia <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:00:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Partition space recommendations.

* doc/guix.texi (Disk Partitioning): Add paragraph and table.
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 doc/guix.texi | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index c2c778a28..5cb218b23 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -9273,7 +9273,6 @@ network interface you want to use):
 @example
 wpa_supplicant -c wpa_supplicant.conf -i @var{interface} -B
 @end example
-
 Run @command{man wpa_supplicant} for more information.
 @end table
 
@@ -9306,10 +9305,35 @@ Make sure to either set a password with @command{passwd}, or configure
 OpenSSH public key authentication before logging in.
 
 @subsubsection Disk Partitioning
+@cindex partitioning
+@cindex disk partitioning
+@cindex format partition
 
 Unless this has already been done, the next step is to partition, and
 then format the target partition(s).
 
+GuixSD takes more up more space for each system- and package
+generation. Generally you should allocate more space than when using other
+GNU/Linux distribution with primarily binary package distribution (deb, rpm,
+pkg.tar.gz, etc.).
+
+@cindex space consideratons
+@cindex partition size
+We recommend the following:
+@table @asis
+@item 10 GB
+A bare minimum for servers with no Xorg and just a few packages and
+generations
+
+@item 30 GB
+The minimum for installations with Xorg and just a few packages and
+generations
+
+@item >50 GB
+This gives you a good margin and you will probably not have to collect garbage
+that often with this setup.
+@end table
+
 The installation image includes several partitioning tools, including
 Parted (@pxref{Overview,,, parted, GNU Parted User Manual}),
 @command{fdisk}, and @command{cfdisk}.  Run it and set up your disk with
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