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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-07 22:43:33 +0100
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-11-08 01:05:35 +0100
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vm: Support 'guix system vm --full-boot'.
* gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Add #:full-boot? parameter and honor it. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Likewise. (perform-action): Likewise. (show-help): Document '--full-boot'. (%options): Add '--full-boot'. (guix-system): Add #:full-boot? argument in call to 'perform-action'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it.
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@@ -4151,6 +4151,10 @@ Build a virtual machine that contain the operating system declared in
The VM shares its store with the host system.
+On GNU/Linux, the default is to boot directly to the kernel. The
+@code{--full-boot} option forces a complete boot sequence, starting with
+the bootloader.
+
@item vm-image
@itemx disk-image
Return a virtual machine or disk image of the operating system declared