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| author | Brice Waegeneire <brice@waegenei.re> | 2019-09-24 00:28:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-09-25 15:48:50 +0200 |
| commit | 82b6bf8c0f05988305c126b5a6b196e1d57a19ea (patch) | |
| tree | 051ce4c08b90d8a667a5d6fd02c08c3b66e18464 /doc | |
| parent | 4b67b9db7d58ef6596c9b69a3d530bc7100ab038 (diff) | |
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doc: Fix installing Guix in VM
* doc/guix.texi (Installing Guix in a Virtual Machine):
Pass "order=d" to '-boot' option. Use "-drive media=cdrom" for the ISO
image. Remove paragraph about ordering and the boot menu.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 14 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 71deca5aba..dd54f7f747 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2442,17 +2442,13 @@ Boot the USB installation image in an VM: @example qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm \ - -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on \ - -drive file=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso \ - -drive file=guix-system.img + -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on,order=d \ + -drive file=guix-system.img \ + -drive media=cdrom,file=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso @end example -The ordering of the drives matters. @code{-enable-kvm} is optional, but -significantly improves performance, @pxref{Running Guix in a VM}. - -In the VM console, quickly press the @kbd{F12} key to enter the boot -menu. Then press the @kbd{2} key and the @kbd{RET} key to validate your -selection. +@code{-enable-kvm} is optional, but significantly improves performance, +@pxref{Running Guix in a VM}. @item You're now root in the VM, proceed with the installation process. |