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[PATCH] doc: Fix installing Guix in VM

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
Subject: bug#37494: closed (Re: [bug#37494] [PATCH] doc: Fix installing
 Guix in VM)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:26:02 +0000

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#37494: [PATCH] doc: Fix installing Guix in VM

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
Cc: 37494-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#37494] [PATCH] doc: Fix installing Guix in VM
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 15:25:18 +0200

Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re> skribis:

> * doc/guix.texi (Installing Guix in a Virtual Machine):
>   Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example.
>   Remove mentions of guixsd.

Applied, thanks!

Ludo’.

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From: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Fix installing Guix in VM
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 00:28:52 +0200

* doc/guix.texi (Installing Guix in a Virtual Machine):
  Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example.
  Remove mentions of guixsd.
---
 doc/guix.texi | 18 +++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 093199c63b..dc2c548bb8 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ 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 50G
+qemu-img create -f qcow2 guix-system.img 50G
 @end example
 
 The resulting file will be much smaller than 50 GB (typically less than
@@ -2442,17 +2442,13 @@ Boot the USB installation image in an VM:
 
 @example
 qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 -enable-kvm \
-  -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on \
-  -drive file=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso \
-  -drive file=guixsd.img
+  -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on,order=d \
+  -drive file=guix-system.img \
+  -drive media=cdrom,file=guix-system-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system}.iso
 @end example
 
-The ordering of the drives matters.  @code{-enable-kvm} is optional, but
-significantly improves performance, @pxref{Running Guix in a VM}.
-
-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.
+@code{-enable-kvm} is optional, but significantly improves performance,
+@pxref{Running Guix in a VM}.
 
 @item
 You're now root in the VM, proceed with the installation process.
@@ -2460,7 +2456,7 @@ You're now root in the VM, proceed with the installation process.
 @end enumerate
 
 Once installation is complete, you can boot the system that's on your
-@file{guixsd.img} image.  @xref{Running Guix in a VM}, for how to do
+@file{guix-system.img} image.  @xref{Running Guix in a VM}, for how to do
 that.
 
 @node Building the Installation Image
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2.19.2

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