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Manual: "filesystem" -> "file system"

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@ -133,22 +133,21 @@ $ ./result/bin/run-*-vm
<literal>kvm-intel</literal> or <literal>kvm-amd</literal>
kernel modules to get hardware virtualisation.</para>
<para>The VM mounts the Nix store of the host through the CIFS
filesystem. (<literal>qemu-kvm</literal> automatically starts a
Samba daemon for this purpose.) The host Nix store is
read-only, so Nix commands that modify the Nix store will not
work in the VM. This includes commands such as
<command>nixos-rebuild</command>; to change the VM’s
configuration, you must halt the VM and re-run the commands
above.
<para>The VM mounts the Nix store of the host through the 9P
file system. The host Nix store is read-only, so Nix commands
that modify the Nix store will not work in the VM. This
includes commands such as <command>nixos-rebuild</command>; to
change the VM’s configuration, you must halt the VM and re-run
the commands above.
</para>
<para>The VM has its own <literal>ext3</literal> root
filesystem, which is automatically created when the VM is first
<para>The VM has its own <literal>ext3</literal> root file
system, which is automatically created when the VM is first
started, and is persistent across reboots of the VM. It is
stored in <literal>./<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>.qcow2</literal>.
<!-- The entire filesystem hierarchy of the host is available in the
VM under <filename>/hostfs</filename>.--></para>
stored in
<literal>./<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>.qcow2</literal>.
<!-- The entire file system hierarchy of the host is available in
the VM under <filename>/hostfs</filename>.--></para>
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