From 2ef92eaa5f1106d8f1b379a8a94a477a0877bb1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:05:10 +0200 Subject: clarify mkfs options --- doc/official_installation_guide_en | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/official_installation_guide_en') diff --git a/doc/official_installation_guide_en b/doc/official_installation_guide_en index 25c637c..472e28e 100644 --- a/doc/official_installation_guide_en +++ b/doc/official_installation_guide_en @@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ You should be aware of three things: This is the case for dm_crypt and lvm volumes. You will see them appear in the model and you can use them to put another filesystem on top of it. +* When asked for (optional) options to mkfs tools, you're supposed to pass + arguments which will literally be added when calling mkfs. + For example, to disable the journal on ext filesystems: + * don't do: `^has_journal` + * but rather: `-O ^has_journal` Once you've setup some filesystems, you can select 'Done'. At this point a check will be run which will tell you any critical errors (such as no root -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf