On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 12:03:21PM -0400, Neal Gompa wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 11:57 AM Peter Boy <p...@uni-bremen.de> wrote: > > > > > > Does anyone know how I can configure ImageFactory / OZ to use a BIOS VM > > for image generation? Unfortunately I haven't found any documentation on > > this. > > > > > > For explanation: > > > > ImageFactory uses a temporary VM to create a virtual machine disk image. > > > > At least since F36 it uses UEFI for this. If you want to create a biosboot > > image (which is the default in libvirt), this image cannot be booted in a > > UEFI VM. The build process either waits indefinitely for a UEFI compatible > > image or returns a non-bootable image. > > > > This also happens when I use an old host that does not support UEFI at all. > > > > At least with F34 this was different according to my memory. > > > > libvirt supports UEFI VMs just fine too. That said, you probably would > want to make it a hybrid boot system to support both.
Yes, ideally any cloud images will be built such that they can boot on both BIOS and UEFI, to maximise cloud compatibility. > You can see how it's done in Fedora Cloud. More specifically I believe this kickstart file is what Fedora images are derived from: https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts/blob/main/f/fedora-cloud-base.ks With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :| _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
