From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42746) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hdC6p-00076w-Jd for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:17:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdC6o-00023i-Ls for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:17:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58531) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdC6o-00023L-Ab for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:17:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hdC6o-0000U5-3A for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:17:02 -0400 Subject: [bug#36277] [PATCH] doc: Recommend '-enable-kvm' for installing in a VM as well. Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42692) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hdC6g-00076i-SC for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:16:55 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdC6Q-0001oW-U1 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:16:44 -0400 Received: from pelzflorian.de ([5.45.111.108]:39194 helo=mail.pelzflorian.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hdC6P-0001l0-TI for guix-patches@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 07:16:38 -0400 Received: from pelzflorian.localdomain (unknown [5.45.111.108]) by mail.pelzflorian.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F1F643600FA for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:16:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:16:33 +0200 From: Florian Pelz Message-ID: <20190618111633.ixzvf6iatssemtrb@pelzflorian.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: 36277@debbugs.gnu.org * doc (Installing Guix in a VM): Add '-enable-kvm' to example. --- doc/guix.texi | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 033ad9ea8e..535709a9ab 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 -- 2.21.0