aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-06-30 00:04:38 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-06-30 00:16:50 +0200
commita8ac4f081a9a679498ea42ccfe001f218bba3043 (patch)
tree7c5d85cc5d3d52ecb1c482bfde52c4755b48a8bb /doc
parenta2cf57e79e0c1ca59ff854c12ece178a73fe224d (diff)
downloadguix-a8ac4f081a9a679498ea42ccfe001f218bba3043.tar
guix-a8ac4f081a9a679498ea42ccfe001f218bba3043.tar.gz
vm: Estimate the disk size by default.
* gnu/build/vm.scm (estimated-partition-size): New procedure. * gnu/system/vm.scm (expression->derivation-in-linux-vm): Change #:disk-image-size default to 'guess. [builder]: When DISK-IMAGE-SIZE is 'guess, use 'estimated-partition-size' and compute and estimate of the image size. (qemu-image): Likewise. * guix/build/store-copy.scm (file-size, closure-size): New procedures. * guix/scripts/system.scm (%default-options): Change 'image-size' to 'guess. * doc/guix.texi (Building the Installation Image): Remove '--image-size' flag from example. (Invoking guix system): Document the image size estimate.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 729ec081be..d61a5b7514 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -7877,9 +7877,8 @@ that.
The installation image described above was built using the @command{guix
system} command, specifically:
-@c FIXME: 1G is too much; see <http://bugs.gnu.org/23077>.
@example
-guix system disk-image --image-size=1G gnu/system/install.scm
+guix system disk-image gnu/system/install.scm
@end example
Have a look at @file{gnu/system/install.scm} in the source tree,
@@ -16187,8 +16186,9 @@ size of the image.
@item vm-image
@itemx disk-image
Return a virtual machine or disk image of the operating system declared
-in @var{file} that stands alone. Use the @option{--image-size} option
-to specify the size of the image.
+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.
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},
@@ -16251,6 +16251,10 @@ 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}).
+When this option is omitted, @command{guix system} computes an estimate
+of the image size as a function of the size of the system declared in
+@var{file}.
+
@item --root=@var{file}
@itemx -r @var{file}
Make @var{file} a symlink to the result, and register it as a garbage