guix-play/gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl
Ludovic Courtès fc0e663f78
doc: Improve UEFI/BIOS bootloader documentation.
Partly fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/30312>.

* doc/guix.texi (Preparing for Installation): Add note on how to choose
between UEFI and BIOS.
(Using the Configuration System)[Bootloader]: New subsubsection.
(Bootloader Configuration): Expound on the bootloader type and target.
* gnu/system/examples/desktop.tmpl: Switch to UEFI.
* gnu/system/examples/bare-bones.tmpl: Explicitly mention "legacy" and
"BIOS" in the comments.
2018-07-05 11:44:46 +02:00

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;; This is an operating system configuration template
;; for a "desktop" setup with GNOME and Xfce where the
;; root partition is encrypted with LUKS.
(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
(use-service-modules desktop)
(use-package-modules certs gnome)
(operating-system
(host-name "antelope")
(timezone "Europe/Paris")
(locale "en_US.utf8")
;; Use the UEFI variant of GRUB with the EFI System
;; Partition mounted on /boot/efi.
(bootloader (bootloader-configuration
(bootloader grub-efi-bootloader)
(target "/boot/efi")))
;; Specify a mapped device for the encrypted root partition.
;; The UUID is that returned by 'cryptsetup luksUUID'.
(mapped-devices
(list (mapped-device
(source (uuid "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc"))
(target "my-root")
(type luks-device-mapping))))
(file-systems (cons (file-system
(device "my-root")
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4")
(dependencies mapped-devices))
%base-file-systems))
(users (cons (user-account
(name "bob")
(comment "Alice's brother")
(group "users")
(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
"audio" "video"))
(home-directory "/home/bob"))
%base-user-accounts))
;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
(packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access
gvfs ;for user mounts
%base-packages))
;; Add GNOME and/or Xfce---we can choose at the log-in
;; screen with F1. Use the "desktop" services, which
;; include the X11 log-in service, networking with
;; NetworkManager, and more.
(services (cons* (gnome-desktop-service)
(xfce-desktop-service)
%desktop-services))
;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
(name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))