Imagine follow scenario: wget https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.3.0.x86_64-linux.qcow2 Boot the VM: qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4G -device e1000,netdev=net0 \ -netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::5522-:22 \ -drive file=guix-system-vm-image-1.3.0.x86_64-linux.qcow2,if=virtio,cache=writeback,werror=report Inside the VM do a: sudo su guix system reconfigure /run/current-system/configuration.scm reboot Boot fails (see attached image: failed_boot.png). Its the same if I do: sudo su guix pull GUIX_PROFILE="$HOME/.config/guix/current" . "$GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile" hash guix guix system reconfigure /run/current-system/configuration.scm reboot ~Jonathan