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authorDanny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>2017-07-03 12:34:07 +0200
committerDanny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>2017-07-03 16:33:46 +0200
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guix system: Add "--file-system-type" option.
* guix/scripts/system.scm (process-action): Pass file-system-type to ... (perform-action): ... here. Add new keyword argument. Pass new value to ... (system-derivation-for-action): ... here. Add new keyword argument. Pass new value to system-disk-image. * doc/guix.texi (disk-image): Document new option.
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@@ -16190,6 +16190,9 @@ in @var{file} that stands alone. By default, @command{guix system}
estimates the size of the image needed to store the system, but you can
use the @option{--image-size} option to specify a value.
+You can specify the root file system type by using the
+@option{--file-system-type} option. It defaults to "ext4".
+
When using @code{vm-image}, the returned image is in qcow2 format, which
the QEMU emulator can efficiently use. @xref{Running GuixSD in a VM},
for more information on how to run the image in a virtual machine.
@@ -16245,6 +16248,19 @@ This works as per @command{guix build} (@pxref{Invoking guix build}).
Return the derivation file name of the given operating system without
building anything.
+@item --file-system-type=@var{type}
+@itemx -t @var{type}
+For the @code{disk-image} action, create a file system of the given
+@var{type} on the image.
+
+When this option is omitted, @command{guix system} uses @code{ext4}.
+
+@cindex ISO-9660 format
+@cindex CD image format
+@cindex DVD image format
+@code{--file-system-type=iso9660} produces an ISO-9660 image, suitable
+for burning on CDs and DVDs.
+
@item --image-size=@var{size}
For the @code{vm-image} and @code{disk-image} actions, create an image
of the given @var{size}. @var{size} may be a number of bytes, or it may