From c8f54f5346ef32c56cd2190ec0aff1b07ff13973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2017 01:05:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Clarify comment about QEMU qcow2 file sizes.
* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Clarify comment about
QEMU's qcow2 virtualized block device file format.
---
doc/guix.texi | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index cb5821e6982..db0e2fbd781 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -7799,7 +7799,8 @@ qcow2-formatted disk image, use the @command{qemu-img} command:
qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 5G
@end example
-This will create a 5GB file.
+The resulting file will be much smaller than 5GB, but it will grow as
+the virtualized storage device is filled up.
@item
Boot the USB installation image in an VM:
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