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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system/vm.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/vm.scm | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm index 0d41791d87..39ce5bb6ef 100644 --- a/gnu/system/vm.scm +++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm @@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ input tuple. The output file name is when building for SYSTEM." (make-disk-image? #f) (references-graphs #f) (memory-size 256) + (disk-image-format "qcow2") (disk-image-size (* 100 (expt 2 20)))) "Evaluate EXP in a QEMU virtual machine running LINUX with INITRD (a @@ -127,8 +128,9 @@ store; it should put its output files in the `/xchg' directory, which is copied to the derivation's output when the VM terminates. The virtual machine runs with MEMORY-SIZE MiB of memory. -When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, then create a QEMU disk image of -DISK-IMAGE-SIZE bytes and return it. +When MAKE-DISK-IMAGE? is true, then create a QEMU disk image of type +DISK-IMAGE-FORMAT (e.g., 'qcow2' or 'raw'), of DISK-IMAGE-SIZE bytes and +return it. MODULES is the set of modules imported in the execution environment of EXP. @@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ made available under the /xchg CIFS share." #:linux linux #:initrd initrd #:memory-size #$memory-size #:make-disk-image? #$make-disk-image? + #:disk-image-format #$disk-image-format #:disk-image-size #$disk-image-size #:references-graphs graphs)))) @@ -190,15 +193,17 @@ made available under the /xchg CIFS share." (system (%current-system)) (qemu qemu-headless) (disk-image-size (* 100 (expt 2 20))) + (disk-image-format "qcow2") (file-system-type "ext4") grub-configuration (register-closures? #t) (inputs '()) copy-inputs?) - "Return a bootable, stand-alone QEMU image, with a root partition of type -FILE-SYSTEM-TYPE. The returned image is a full disk image, with a GRUB -installation that uses GRUB-CONFIGURATION as its configuration -file (GRUB-CONFIGURATION must be the name of a file in the VM.) + "Return a bootable, stand-alone QEMU image of type DISK-IMAGE-FORMAT (e.g., +'qcow2' or 'raw'), with a root partition of type FILE-SYSTEM-TYPE. The +returned image is a full disk image, with a GRUB installation that uses +GRUB-CONFIGURATION as its configuration file (GRUB-CONFIGURATION must be the +name of a file in the VM.) INPUTS is a list of inputs (as for packages). When COPY-INPUTS? is true, copy all of INPUTS into the image being built. When REGISTER-CLOSURES? is true, @@ -242,6 +247,7 @@ the image." #:system system #:make-disk-image? #t #:disk-image-size disk-image-size + #:disk-image-format disk-image-format #:references-graphs graph))) |