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authorMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2021-01-17 11:32:51 +0100
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system: Rename 'disk-image' command 'image'.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Rename 'disk-image' command 'image'. Warn when using the now deprecated 'disk-image' command. (show-help): Adapt accordingly. (guix-system): Ditto. * tests/guix-system.sh: Ditto. * gnu/system/examples/bare-hurd.tmpl: Ditto. * doc/guix.texi (Building the Installation Image, Building the Installation Image for ARM Boards, Invoking guix pack, Invoking guix system): Adapt documentation.
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@@ -2661,7 +2661,7 @@ The installation image described above was built using the @command{guix
system} command, specifically:
@example
-guix system disk-image -t iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm
+guix system image -t iso9660 gnu/system/install.scm
@end example
Have a look at @file{gnu/system/install.scm} in the source tree,
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ If you build a disk image and the bootloader is not available otherwise
includes the bootloader, specifically:
@example
-guix system disk-image --system=armhf-linux -e '((@@ (gnu system install) os-with-u-boot) (@@ (gnu system install) installation-os) "A20-OLinuXino-Lime2")'
+guix system image --system=armhf-linux -e '((@@ (gnu system install) os-with-u-boot) (@@ (gnu system install) installation-os) "A20-OLinuXino-Lime2")'
@end example
@code{A20-OLinuXino-Lime2} is the name of the board. If you specify an invalid
@@ -31393,7 +31393,7 @@ size of the image.
@cindex System images, creation in various formats
@cindex Creating system images in various formats
@item vm-image
-@itemx disk-image
+@itemx image
@itemx docker-image
Return a virtual machine, disk image, or Docker image of the operating
system declared in @var{file} that stands alone. By default,
@@ -31403,22 +31403,22 @@ a value. Docker images are built to contain exactly what they need, so
the @option{--image-size} option is ignored in the case of
@code{docker-image}.
-@cindex disk-image, creating disk images
-The @code{disk-image} command can produce various image types. The
+@cindex image, creating disk images
+The @code{image} command can produce various image types. The
image type can be selected using the @option{--image-type} option. It
defaults to @code{efi-raw}. When its value is @code{iso9660}, the
@option{--label} option can be used to specify a volume ID with
-@code{disk-image}. By default, the root file system of a disk image is
+@code{image}. By default, the root file system of a disk image is
mounted non-volatile; the @option{--volatile} option can be provided to
-make it volatile instead. When using @code{disk-image}, the bootloader
+make it volatile instead. When using @code{image}, the bootloader
installed on the generated image is taken from the provided
@code{operating-system} definition. The following example demonstrates
how to generate an image that uses the @code{grub-efi-bootloader}
bootloader and boot it with QEMU:
@example
-image=$(guix system disk-image --image-type=qcow2 \
- gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl)
+image=$(guix system image --image-type=qcow2 \
+ gnu/system/examples/lightweight-desktop.tmpl)
cp $image /tmp/my-image.qcow2
chmod +w /tmp/my-image.qcow2
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -hda /tmp/my-image.qcow2 -m 1000 \
@@ -31431,7 +31431,7 @@ it can be copied as is to a USB stick, for instance. Assuming
the image to it using the following command:
@example
-# dd if=$(guix system disk-image my-os.scm) of=/dev/sdc status=progress
+# dd if=$(guix system image my-os.scm) of=/dev/sdc status=progress
@end example
The @code{--list-image-types} command lists all the available image
@@ -31551,7 +31551,7 @@ of the image.
@item --image-type=@var{type}
@itemx -t @var{type}
-For the @code{disk-image} action, create an image with given @var{type}.
+For the @code{image} action, create an image with given @var{type}.
When this option is omitted, @command{guix system} uses the
@code{efi-raw} image type.
@@ -31563,7 +31563,7 @@ When this option is omitted, @command{guix system} uses the
for burning on CDs and DVDs.
@item --image-size=@var{size}
-For the @code{vm-image} and @code{disk-image} actions, create an image
+For the @code{vm-image} and @code{image} actions, create an image
of the given @var{size}. @var{size} may be a number of bytes, or it may
include a unit as a suffix (@pxref{Block size, size specifications,,
coreutils, GNU Coreutils}).