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Bug 827815 - Misleading fstab suggestion in AMD64 Installation Handbook
Summary: Misleading fstab suggestion in AMD64 Installation Handbook
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Documentation
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware: AMD64 Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Handbook Project
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Reported: 2021-11-29 01:07 UTC by Peter Sasi
Modified: 2023-07-08 22:57 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Peter Sasi 2021-11-29 01:07:19 UTC
(sorry, I had to trim https from the front of the URLs because I have just created this account to post the bug and am not allowed to post URLs for 24 hrs)
In this section: wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Kernel#Alternative:_Using_genkernel
it says: "If the partitioning example from the handbook is followed, then this device is most likely /dev/sda1 with the ext4 file system."

However the referenced section wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Disks#Default_partitioning_scheme of the handbook now actually says: "/dev/sda1 	fat32 (UEFI) or ext4 (BIOS)"

and nowadays I imagine most new installs are on UEFI not BIOS, either way just ext4 is definitellz misleading should be at least:
"If the partitioning example from the handbook is followed, then this device is most likely /dev/sda1 with the fat32 (for UEFI installations) or ext4 (for BIOS installation) file system."
Comment 1 Peter Sasi 2021-12-08 03:34:46 UTC
Let me know if I can actually help to fix the documentation instead of just submitting bugs!
Comment 2 SigHunter 2022-06-25 12:05:54 UTC
*** Bug 854270 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Sam James archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-07-08 22:57:17 UTC
I think Maffblaster handled this in https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Handbook:Parts/Installation/Kernel&diff=1185390&oldid=1185310. Thanks!