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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 0a82219e7a..f02353d9fa 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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}). |