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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index b272fcec83..e6a9706b92 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7628,8 +7628,11 @@ good. @subsection Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine @cindex virtual machine, GuixSD installation -If you'd like to install GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) rather than on -your beloved machine, this section is for you. +@cindex virtual private server (VPS) +@cindex VPS (virtual private server) +If you'd like to install GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) or on a +virtual private server (VPS) rather than on your beloved machine, this +section is for you. To boot a @uref{http://qemu.org/,QEMU} VM for installing GuixSD in a disk image, follow these steps: @@ -15687,17 +15690,21 @@ example graph. @subsection Running GuixSD in a Virtual Machine @cindex virtual machine -One way to run GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM) is to build a GuixSD -virtual machine image using @command{guix system vm-image} -(@pxref{Invoking guix system}). The returned image is in qcow2 format, -which the @uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can efficiently use. +To run GuixSD in a virtual machine (VM), one can either use the +pre-built GuixSD VM image distributed at +@indicateurl{ftp://alpha.gnu.org/guix/guixsd-vm-image-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.tar.xz} +, or build their own virtual machine image using @command{guix system +vm-image} (@pxref{Invoking guix system}). The returned image is in +qcow2 format, which the @uref{http://qemu.org/, QEMU emulator} can +efficiently use. @cindex QEMU -To run the image in QEMU, copy it out of the store (@pxref{The Store}) -and give yourself permission to write to the copy. When invoking QEMU, -you must choose a system emulator that is suitable for your hardware -platform. Here is a minimal QEMU invocation that will boot the result -of @command{guix system vm-image} on x86_64 hardware: +If you built your own image, you must copy it out of the store +(@pxref{The Store}) and give yourself permission to write to the copy +before you can use it. When invoking QEMU, you must choose a system +emulator that is suitable for your hardware platform. Here is a minimal +QEMU invocation that will boot the result of @command{guix system +vm-image} on x86_64 hardware: @example $ qemu-system-x86_64 \ |