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doc: Suggest a QEMU image size large enough for the system examples. 

* doc/guix.texi (Installing GuixSD in a Virtual Machine): Increase suggested
image size from 5 GB to 50 GB.
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@ -7796,11 +7796,11 @@ Create a disk image that will hold the installed system. To make a
qcow2-formatted disk image, use the @command{qemu-img} command:
@example
qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 5G
qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 50G
@end example
The resulting file will be much smaller than 5GB, but it will grow as
the virtualized storage device is filled up.
The resulting file will be much smaller than 50 GB (typically less than
1 MB), but it will grow as the virtualized storage device is filled up.
@item
Boot the USB installation image in an VM: