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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.
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@ -7799,7 +7799,8 @@ qcow2-formatted disk image, use the @command{qemu-img} command:
qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 5G qemu-img create -f qcow2 guixsd.img 5G
@end example @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 @item
Boot the USB installation image in an VM: Boot the USB installation image in an VM: