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[PATCH] doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system examples.

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system
 examples.
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 01:14:54 -0400

* 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 db0e2fbd7..4933a98dd 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:
-- 
2.13.1

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