I've been trying to boot the PikaOS ISO as a CD in Virtual Machine Manager but get an error on boot. Has anyone else experienced this? Did you figure out how to make it work?
I've been trying to boot the PikaOS ISO as a CD in Virtual Machine Manager but get an error on boot. Has anyone else experienced this? Did you figure out how to make it work?
6 Comments
Scoopta@programming.dev · 4 pts · 43d
I don't believe pika supports booting from a BIOS as almost no real systems have a BIOS anymore, especially not the target systems pika is designed for. You likely need to switch to UEFI firmware in qemu, possibly installing the ovmf package if you don't already have it and then switching to that firmware in whatever VM manager you're running
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 42d
Aaaah ok. Yeah I had a hunch it might be EFI related.
Virtual Machine Manager GUI doesn't have the option for that. I'll have to create it by hand.
Thanks for the help! :)
Lemmchen@feddit.org · 2 pts · 42d
I think you need to look out for "OVMF".
Scoopta@programming.dev · 2 pts · 42d
Virt manager does but only during creation. You have to check the option for "customize VM before creation" or whatever that option is on the last screen. Then there's a firmware drop down where you can select OVMF
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 41d
Hey you're right!!! Thank you so much! Hahahaha nice!
EDIT: After some testing, the screenshot here is wrong. (I couldn't change it)
The correct choice is :
UEFI x86_64 /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd
Scoopta@programming.dev · 2 pts · 41d
Glad you got it working. It's not exactly the most straight forward setup unless you use virt manager a lot.