Support for booting more guest operating systems

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#19 opened on May 18, 2016 14 comments 3 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 5/5
Estimated time: Over a week
Newbie friendliness: 25/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Needs clarification
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: c
Domain: operating-systems

Research direction

Start by reading issue #10 on UEFI support and comparing the current Linux and FreeBSD boot paths described here. Determine which guest operating systems and boot flows are in scope, then verify that each targeted system boots without requiring a manual installer and that the required testing is documented.

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Description

enhancement help wanted

Linux is the only “first class” operating system supported at the moment. FreeBSD does boot, but requires running the installer and so isn’t as seamless.

UEFI support exists (#10) to add UEFI BIOS support to boot Windows, OpenBSD, or NetBSD, but this requires more testing.

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