From c8f54f5346ef32c56cd2190ec0aff1b07ff13973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Famulari Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 01:05:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify comment about QEMU qcow2 file sizes. * doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Clarify comment about QEMU's qcow2 virtualized block device file format. --- doc/guix.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index cb5821e698..db0e2fbd78 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7799,7 +7799,8 @@ qcow2-formatted disk image, use the @command{qemu-img} command: qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 5G @end example -This will create a 5GB file. +The resulting file will be much smaller than 5GB, but it will grow as +the virtualized storage device is filled up. @item Boot the USB installation image in an VM: