Re: Bad parameter to boot GuixSD in a VM

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

良ϖ <address@hidden> skribis:

> I've followed instructions on this page:
> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Installing-GuixSD-in-a-VM.html
>
> Howeverpoint 3 ("Boot the USB installation image in an VM: ") gets:
>
> qemu-system-x86_64: -net default: Invalid parameter 'default'

This section should read:

  qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp 1 \
    -net user -net nic,model=virtio -boot menu=on \
    -drive file=guixsd.img \
    -drive address@hidden@var{system}

(It’s a typo in the manual fixed in commit
d36b8457d04286b4db0543656eed69ae050ac783.)

> If I remove that parameter I get another error:
>
> WARNING: Image format was not specified for
> 'guixsd-usb-install-0.12.0.x86_64-linux' and probing guessed raw.
>          Automatically detecting the format is dangerous for raw
> images, write operations on block 0 will be restricted.
>          Specify the 'raw' format explicitly to remove the restrictions.

This is just a warning.

However, you really need networking support in the VM to install GuixSD.

HTH!

Ludo’.