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03/06: doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well.
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03/06: doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well. |
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Mon, 24 Jun 2019 17:28:39 -0400 (EDT) |
civodul pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.
commit a53a60e0a039c687a8a958f2c0f3e7eb8e09ac92
Author: Florian Pelz <address@hidden>
Date: Tue Jun 18 13:16:33 2019 +0200
doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well.
* doc (Installing Guix in a VM): Add '-enable-kvm' to example.
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
---
doc/guix.texi | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 65c3b8a..1d80783 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -2430,13 +2430,14 @@ The resulting file will be much smaller than 50 GB
(typically less than
Boot the USB installation image in an VM:
@example
-qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 \
+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
@end example
-The ordering of the drives matters.
+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
- branch master updated (38c8437 -> dc17daa), guix-commits, 2019/06/24
- 01/06: progress: Call 'time-difference' on times of the same type., guix-commits, 2019/06/24
- 04/06: doc: Use new upstream nomenclature for NetworkManager’s dnsmasq., guix-commits, 2019/06/24
- 03/06: doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well.,
guix-commits <=
- 06/06: doc: Document use cases for NetworkManager with dnsmasq., guix-commits, 2019/06/24
- 02/06: gnu: Add Guile-JPEG., guix-commits, 2019/06/24
- 05/06: services: network-manager: Create '/var/lib/misc' directory for dnsmasq., guix-commits, 2019/06/24