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authorDanny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>2017-05-24 11:44:03 +0200
committerDanny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>2017-05-31 19:48:21 +0200
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doc: Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example.
Reported by Fox <firefox@firemail.cc>. Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/27052>. * doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM): Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example.
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@@ -7696,10 +7696,12 @@ Boot the USB installation image in an VM:
@example
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 \
-net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on \
- -drive file=guixsd.img \
- -drive file=guixsd-usb-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}
+ -drive file=guixsd-usb-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system} \
+ -drive file=guixsd.img
@end example
+The ordering of the drives matters.
+
In the VM console, quickly press the @kbd{F12} key to enter the boot
menu. Then press the @kbd{2} key and the @kbd{RET} key to validate your
selection.