From 9515345bbdd81d9c8eb72f09207a4c090ea56d2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:09:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] builder: Suggest using virt-install --os-variant option in virt-builder man page. --- builder/virt-builder.pod | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/builder/virt-builder.pod b/builder/virt-builder.pod index ebe6528bd..5c531dee4 100644 --- a/builder/virt-builder.pod +++ b/builder/virt-builder.pod @@ -821,7 +821,8 @@ Import the disk image into libvirt using L I<--import> option. virt-install --import \ - --name guest --ram 2048 --disk path=disk.img,format=raw + --name guest --ram 2048 \ + --disk path=disk.img,format=raw --os-variant fedora20 Notes: @@ -834,6 +835,14 @@ you used virt-builder's I<--format> option. =item 2. +I<--os-variant> is highly recommended, because it will present optimum +devices to enable the guest to run most efficiently. To get a list +of all variants, do: + + virt-install --os-variant list + +=item 3. + You can run virt-install as root or non-root. Each works slightly differently because libvirt manages a different set of virtual machines for each user. In particular virt-manager normally shows the