Re: Boot-time Virtualization Option

2014-03-25 Thread Samuel Thibault
David Michael, le Tue 25 Mar 2014 22:29:26 -0400, a écrit : > For an example usage: I have a Hurd install on a microSD card, and > this option lets me boot directly from the card on a system with > hardware unsupported by mach. Heh, fun :) Samuel

Boot-time Virtualization Option

2014-03-25 Thread David Michael
Hi, I've uploaded some notes[0] on how to patch qemu to draw to the Linux framebuffer and stuff the resulting minimal executable into an initrd. Placing the initrd and Linux in a Hurd filesystem's /boot allows adding a GRUB option to start mach in a virtual environment. For an example usage: I h