doc: Recommend virtio-blk to access the VM image.
* doc/guix.texi (Running Guix in a VM): Recommend virtio-blk to access the image.
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@ -24647,7 +24647,9 @@ vm-image} on x86_64 hardware:
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@example
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$ qemu-system-x86_64 \
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-net user -net nic,model=virtio \
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-enable-kvm -m 512 /tmp/qemu-image
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-enable-kvm -m 512 \
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-device virtio-blk,drive=myhd \
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-drive if=none,file=/tmp/qemu-image,id=myhd
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@end example
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Here is what each of these options means:
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RAM available to the guest OS, in mebibytes. Defaults to 128@tie{}MiB,
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which may be insufficient for some operations.
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@item /tmp/qemu-image
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The file name of the qcow2 image.
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@item -device virtio-blk,drive=myhd
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Create a @code{virtio-blk} drive called ``myhd''. @code{virtio-blk} is a
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``paravirtualization'' mechanism for block devices that allows QEMU to achieve
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better performance than if it were emulating a complete disk drive. See the
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QEMU and KVM documentation for more info.
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@item -drive if=none,file=/tmp/qemu-image,id=myhd
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Use our QCOW image, the @file{/tmp/qemu-image} file, as the backing store the
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the ``myhd'' drive.
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@end table
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The default @command{run-vm.sh} script that is returned by an invocation of
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