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01/01: doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system exampl
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Leo Famulari |
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01/01: doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system examples. |
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Sat, 17 Jun 2017 18:04:41 -0400 (EDT) |
lfam pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit 01049bb0c1f3f69afb8d1782f99ca5c0adaed946
Author: Leo Famulari <address@hidden>
Date: Sat Jun 17 01:13:13 2017 -0400
doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system examples.
* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Increase suggested
image size from 5 GB to 50 GB.
---
doc/guix.texi | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index db0e2fb..4933a98 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -7796,11 +7796,11 @@ Create a disk image that will hold the installed
system. To make a
qcow2-formatted disk image, use the @command{qemu-img} command:
@example
-qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 5G
+qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 50G
@end example
-The resulting file will be much smaller than 5GB, but it will grow as
-the virtualized storage device is filled up.
+The resulting file will be much smaller than 50 GB (typically less than
+1 MB), but it will grow as the virtualized storage device is filled up.
@item
Boot the USB installation image in an VM: