Merge branch 'version-1.2.0'

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/system/vm.scm b/gnu/system/vm.scm
index 21d777a3fe..07a59a3cd2 100644
--- a/gnu/system/vm.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/vm.scm
@@ -224,6 +224,12 @@ substitutable."
               (use-modules (guix build utils)
                            (gnu build vm))
 
+              ;; Allow non-ASCII file names--e.g., 'nss-certs'--to be decoded
+              ;; by 'estimated-partition-size' below.
+              (setenv "GUIX_LOCPATH"
+                      #+(file-append glibc-utf8-locales "/lib/locale"))
+              (setlocale LC_ALL "en_US.utf8")
+
               (let* ((native-inputs
                       '#+(list qemu (canonical-package coreutils)))
                      (linux   (string-append
@@ -655,7 +661,14 @@ of the GNU system as described by OS."
                                'dce)))
 
 
-  (let* ((os (operating-system (inherit os)
+  (let* ((os (operating-system
+               (inherit os)
+
+               ;; As in 'virtualized-operating-system', use BIOS-style GRUB.
+               (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
+                            (bootloader grub-bootloader)
+                            (target "/dev/vda")))
+
                ;; Assume we have an initrd with the whole QEMU shebang.
 
                ;; Force our own root file system.  Refer to it by UUID so that