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authorJoachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de>2021-10-27 23:36:04 +0200
committerJoachim Breitner <mail@joachim-breitner.de>2021-10-28 12:08:37 +0200
commitf6fffb2722f3382159cec81a90b7d04e2884324a (patch)
tree45b91f661141d1d8b336829edb1ef4f70989b4b9
parented814a4586e9d84fe3d209ebaf109cce3938154e (diff)
Nixos manual: nixos-rebuild boot or switch to clear boot entries
the `nixos-rebuild` command has multiple subcommands, and not each of them would fix the problem of a large `/boot` partition, so let’s be more precise here.
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.md4
-rw-r--r--nixos/doc/manual/from_md/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.xml3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.md b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.md
index fb2090b31d84..c9140d0869c7 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.md
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@ a while to finish.
## NixOS Boot Entries {#sect-nixos-gc-boot-entries}
If your `/boot` partition runs out of space, after clearing old profiles
-you must rebuild your system with `nixos-rebuild` to update the `/boot`
-partition and clear space.
+you must rebuild your system with `nixos-rebuild boot` or `nixos-rebuild
+switch` to update the `/boot` partition and clear space.
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.xml
index 0ca98dd6e510..4243d2bf53f9 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/administration/cleaning-store.chapter.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ $ nix-store --optimise
<para>
If your <literal>/boot</literal> partition runs out of space,
after clearing old profiles you must rebuild your system with
- <literal>nixos-rebuild</literal> to update the
+ <literal>nixos-rebuild boot</literal> or
+ <literal>nixos-rebuild switch</literal> to update the
<literal>/boot</literal> partition and clear space.
</para>
</section>