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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index e8c67b0cd8..f03a88482e 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -40884,7 +40884,7 @@ QEMU monitor and the VM. @cindex image, creating disk images The @code{image} command can produce various image types. The image type can be selected using the @option{--image-type} option. It -defaults to @code{efi-raw}. When its value is @code{iso9660}, the +defaults to @code{mbr-raw}. When its value is @code{iso9660}, the @option{--label} option can be used to specify a volume ID with @code{image}. By default, the root file system of a disk image is mounted non-volatile; the @option{--volatile} option can be provided to @@ -40903,7 +40903,7 @@ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -hda /tmp/my-image.qcow2 -m 1000 \ -bios $(guix build ovmf)/share/firmware/ovmf_x64.bin @end example -When using the @code{efi-raw} image type, a raw disk image is produced; +When using the @code{mbr-raw} image type, a raw disk image is produced; it can be copied as is to a USB stick, for instance. Assuming @code{/dev/sdc} is the device corresponding to a USB stick, one can copy the image to it using the following command: @@ -41041,7 +41041,7 @@ of the image. For the @code{image} action, create an image with given @var{type}. When this option is omitted, @command{guix system} uses the -@code{efi-raw} image type. +@code{mbr-raw} image type. @cindex ISO-9660 format @cindex CD image format @@ -45193,7 +45193,7 @@ then directly boot from it, without any kind of installation procedure. The @command{guix system image} command is able to turn an operating system definition into a bootable image. This command supports -different image types, such as @code{efi-raw}, @code{iso9660} and +different image types, such as @code{mbr-raw}, @code{iso9660} and @code{docker}. Any modern @code{x86_64} machine will probably be able to boot from an @code{iso9660} image. However, there are a few machines out there that require specific image types. Those machines, in general @@ -45545,6 +45545,10 @@ record. There are several @code{image-type} records provided by the @code{(gnu system image)} and the @code{(gnu system images @dots{})} modules. +@defvar mbr-raw-image-type +Build an image based on the @code{mbr-disk-image} image. +@end defvar + @defvar efi-raw-image-type Build an image based on the @code{efi-disk-image} image. @end defvar @@ -45554,7 +45558,7 @@ Build an image based on the @code{efi32-disk-image} image. @end defvar @defvar qcow2-image-type -Build an image based on the @code{efi-disk-image} image but with the +Build an image based on the @code{mbr-disk-image} image but with the @code{compressed-qcow2} image format. @end defvar @@ -45625,7 +45629,7 @@ wsl -d Guix So, if we get back to the @code{guix system image} command taking an @code{operating-system} declaration as argument. By default, the -@code{efi-raw-image-type} is used to turn the provided +@code{mbr-raw-image-type} is used to turn the provided @code{operating-system} into an actual bootable image. To use a different @code{image-type}, the @code{--image-type} option can |