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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 2da956cc73..bc839ecbbb 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4151,9 +4151,15 @@ Build a virtual machine that contain the operating system declared in The VM shares its store with the host system. -On GNU/Linux, the default is to boot directly to the kernel. The -@code{--full-boot} option forces a complete boot sequence, starting with -the bootloader. +On GNU/Linux, the default is to boot directly to the kernel; this has +the advantage of requiring only a very tiny root disk image since the +host's store can then be mounted. + +The @code{--full-boot} option forces a complete boot sequence, starting +with the bootloader. This requires more disk space since a root image +containing at least the kernel, initrd, and bootloader data files must +be created. The @code{--image-size} option can be used to specify the +image's size. @item vm-image @itemx disk-image |