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doc/VirtualMachine.md: remove external snapshots due to lack of support

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@ -86,10 +86,9 @@ To create a new virtual machine we'll use the `virt-install` command.
Execute the following command:
host$ virt-install --name=pbot-vm --disk=size=12,cache=none,driver.io=native,snapshot=external,path=vm.qcow2 --cpu=host --os-variant=fedora34 --graphics=spice,gl.enable=yes --video=virtio --location=Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-35-1.2.iso
host$ virt-install --name=pbot-vm --disk=size=12,cache=none,driver.io=native,path=vm.qcow2 --cpu=host --os-variant=fedora34 --graphics=spice --video=virtio --location=Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-35-1.2.iso
If you are installing over an X-forwarded SSH session, strip the `,gl.enable=yes`
part. Note that `disk=size=12` will create a 12 GB sparse file. Sparse means the file
Note that `disk=size=12` will create a 12 GB sparse file. Sparse means the file
won't actually take up 12 GB. It will start at 0 bytes and grow as needed. You can
use the `du` command to verify this. After a minimal Fedora install, the size will be
approximately 1.7 GB. It will grow to about 2.5 GB with all PBot features installed.
@ -146,6 +145,16 @@ to access the virtual machine, execute:
You should see the guest window after a few seconds. Log in as `root` once the login
prompt appears.
#### Install software
Now we can install any software and programming languages we want to make available
in the virtual machine. Use the `dnf search` command or your distribution's documentation
to find packages. I will soon make available a script to install all package necessary for all
languages supported by PBot.
For the C programming language you will need at least these:
guest$ dnf install libubsan libasan gdb gcc clang
#### Install Perl
Now we need to install Perl on the guest. This allows us to run the PBot VM Guest
script.
@ -174,16 +183,6 @@ After running the `setup-guest` script, we need to make the environment changes
guest$ source /root/.bashrc
#### Install software
Now we can install any software and programming languages we want to make available
in the virtual machine. Use the `dnf search` command or your distribution's documentation
to find packages. I will soon make available a script to install all package necessary for all
languages supported by PBot.
For the C programming language you will need at least these:
guest$ dnf install libubsan libasan gdb gcc clang
#### Start PBot VM Guest
We're ready to start the PBot VM Guest. On the guest, as `root`, execute the command: