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authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2017-06-17 01:13:13 -0400
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2017-06-17 18:04:32 -0400
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doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system examples.
* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Increase suggested image size from 5 GB to 50 GB.
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@@ -7796,11 +7796,11 @@ Create a disk image that will hold the installed system. To make a
qcow2-formatted disk image, use the @command{qemu-img} command:
@example
-qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 5G
+qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 50G
@end example
-The resulting file will be much smaller than 5GB, but it will grow as
-the virtualized storage device is filled up.
+The resulting file will be much smaller than 50 GB (typically less than
+1 MB), but it will grow as the virtualized storage device is filled up.
@item
Boot the USB installation image in an VM: