From 01049bb0c1f3f69afb8d1782f99ca5c0adaed946 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 01:13:13 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- doc/guix.texi | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index db0e2fbd78..4933a98ddb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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: