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| author | Travis A. Everett <travis.a.everett@gmail.com> | 2022-06-16 09:47:15 -0500 |
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| committer | Travis A. Everett <travis.a.everett@gmail.com> | 2022-06-30 13:31:04 -0500 |
| commit | 649c9d9b4c0b2327b11c44cda7b5738efa245c08 (patch) | |
| tree | 51ca0fe20db024ca3ac8bac87a4cd096aca1fde1 /doc/manual/src | |
| parent | fe76b9f4b461c6a25f49a80a2476b7d60537c455 (diff) | |
doc: acknowledge post-rsync reality
Before #5150 the copy-to-store phase of the install was idempotent,
but the recursive cp isn't. This is probably baiting a few people
into trying corrective installs that will fail.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/manual/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md index 762402948..a2f284d5a 100644 --- a/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md +++ b/doc/manual/src/installation/installing-binary.md @@ -176,15 +176,17 @@ and `/etc/zshrc` which you may remove. This will remove the Nix Store volume and everything that was added to the store. - If this command indicates that it couldn't remove the volume, your Nix Store - volume may not be mounted. Run the following to double-check: + If this command indicates that it couldn't remove the volume, you should + make sure you don't have an _unmounted_ Nix Store volume. Look for a + "Nix Store" volume in the output of the following command: ```console diskutil list ``` - If you see a Nix Store volume, re-run the diskutil deleteVolume command, but - replace `/nix` with the volume's `diskXsY` identifier. + If you _do_ see a "Nix Store" volume, delete it by re-running the diskutil + deleteVolume command, but replace `/nix` with the store volume's `diskXsY` + identifier. > **Note** > @@ -202,8 +204,7 @@ and `/etc/zshrc` which you may remove. <!-- Note: anchors above to catch permalinks to old explanations --> We believe we have ironed out how to cleanly support the read-only root -on modern macOS. New installs will do this automatically, and you can -also re-run a new installer to convert your existing setup. +on modern macOS. New installs will do this automatically. This section previously detailed the situation, options, and trade-offs, but it now only outlines what the installer does. You don't need to know |