GNU bug report logs - #40236
[PATCH] doc: Suggest Btrfs with compression instead of ext4 for root partition.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>

Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:36:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Suggest Btrfs with compression instead of ext4 for root
 partition.
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 09:35:24 +0100

* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Adjust root file-system to use Btrfs.
---
 gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
index 3931bad60d..e61e8064cd 100644
--- a/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
+++ b/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
                  (list (file-system
                          (device (file-system-label "my-root"))
                          (mount-point "/")
-                         (type "ext4")
+                         (type "btrfs")
+                         (options "subvol=rootfs,compress=zstd")
                          (dependencies mapped-devices))
                        (file-system
                          (device (uuid "1234-ABCD" 'fat))
-- 
2.25.1
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