From 9563893a6e4d4667a1ce1787352918aaeadd735e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Danny Milosavljevic Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 11:44:03 +0200 Subject: doc: Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example. Reported by Fox . Fixes . * doc/guix.texi (Running GuixSD in a VM): Fix qemu-system-x86_64 example. --- doc/guix.texi | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index f3f57e22f5..f07460b1c2 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -7693,10 +7693,12 @@ Boot the USB installation image in an VM: @example qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 \ -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on \ - -drive file=guixsd.img \ - -drive file=guixsd-usb-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system} + -drive file=guixsd-usb-install-@value{VERSION}.@var{system} \ + -drive file=guixsd.img @end example +The ordering of the drives matters. + 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. -- cgit v1.2.3