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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