DOC: Snappy kvm line should have specifier for memory size

[Simos Xenitellis ]

The documentation at
https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/start/

mentions

$ kvm -m 512 -redir :8090::80 -redir :8022::22 ubuntu-15.04-snappy-amd64-generic.img

The part about specifying the memory, "-m 512", is not straightforward as to what it means.
It can simply be changed to

kvm -m size=512M -redir :8090::80 -redir :8022::22 -drive format=raw,file=ubuntu-core-16-amd64.img

(that is, write "-m size=512M" instead of writing "-m 512").

The purpose for such a super-minor change is to make the new-user experience as smooth as possible.

Note: "kvm --help" hints about an intuitive "-memory" option, however the source only has a terse "-m" option. See http://git.qemu-project.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob;f=qemu-options.hx#l251

[mase (i-lp-f)]

this page no longer exists.

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

This documentation is now on page https://ubuntu.com/download/iot/kvm

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

I have forwarded this bug to https://github.com/canonical-web-and-design/ubuntu.com/issues/5858

[Peter Mahnke (peterm-ubuntu)]

the command has changed... it is now

kvm -smp 2 -m 1500 -netdev user,id=mynet0,hostfwd=tcp::8022-:22,hostfwd=tcp::8090-:80 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=mynet0 -vga qxl -drive file=ubuntu-core-16-amd64.img,format=raw

is that any better?

does ubuntu.com still need an update?