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diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 0d41791d87..39ce5bb6ef 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ input tuple. The output file name is when building for SYSTEM."
(make-disk-image? #f)
(references-graphs #f)
(memory-size 256)
+ (disk-image-format "qcow2")
(disk-image-size
(* 100 (expt 2 20))))
"Evaluate EXP in a QEMU virtual machine running LINUX with INITRD (a
@@ -127,8 +128,9 @@ store; it should put its output files in the `/xchg' directory, which is
copied to the derivation's output when the VM terminates. The virtual machine
runs with MEMORY-SIZE MiB of memory.
-When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, then create a QEMU disk image of
-DISK-IMAGE-SIZE bytes and return it.
+When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, then create a QEMU disk image of type
+DISK-IMAGE-FORMAT (e.g., 'qcow2' or 'raw'), of DISK-IMAGE-SIZE bytes and
+return it.
MODULES is the set of modules imported in the execution environment of EXP.
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ made available under the /xchg CIFS share."
#:linux linux #:initrd initrd
#:memory-size #$memory-size
#:make-disk-image? #$make-disk-image?
+ #:disk-image-format #$disk-image-format
#:disk-image-size #$disk-image-size
#:references-graphs graphs))))
@@ -190,15 +193,17 @@ made available under the /xchg CIFS share."
(system (%current-system))
(qemu qemu-headless)
(disk-image-size (* 100 (expt 2 20)))
+ (disk-image-format "qcow2")
(file-system-type "ext4")
grub-configuration
(register-closures? #t)
(inputs '())
copy-inputs?)
- "Return a bootable, stand-alone QEMU image, with a root partition of type
-FILE-SYSTEM-TYPE. The returned image is a full disk image, with a GRUB
-installation that uses GRUB-CONFIGURATION as its configuration
-file (GRUB-CONFIGURATION must be the name of a file in the VM.)
+ "Return a bootable, stand-alone QEMU image of type DISK-IMAGE-FORMAT (e.g.,
+'qcow2' or 'raw'), with a root partition of type FILE-SYSTEM-TYPE. The
+returned image is a full disk image, with a GRUB installation that uses
+GRUB-CONFIGURATION as its configuration file (GRUB-CONFIGURATION must be the
+name of a file in the VM.)
INPUTS is a list of inputs (as for packages). When COPY-INPUTS? is true, copy
all of INPUTS into the image being built. When REGISTER-CLOSURES? is true,
@@ -242,6 +247,7 @@ the image."
#:system system
#:make-disk-image? #t
#:disk-image-size disk-image-size
+ #:disk-image-format disk-image-format
#:references-graphs graph)))