From ab11f0bed4084f19698752fa5451ea73a52400f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 22:43:33 +0100 Subject: vm: Support 'guix system vm --full-boot'. * gnu/system/vm.scm (system-qemu-image/shared-store-script): Add #:full-boot? parameter and honor it. * guix/scripts/system.scm (system-derivation-for-action): Likewise. (perform-action): Likewise. (show-help): Document '--full-boot'. (%options): Add '--full-boot'. (guix-system): Add #:full-boot? argument in call to 'perform-action'. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix system): Document it. --- doc/guix.texi | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7927ca0b00..2da956cc73 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -4151,6 +4151,10 @@ 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. + @item vm-image @itemx disk-image Return a virtual machine or disk image of the operating system declared -- cgit 1.4.1