From 0a6eb764e393a3759085df8e6da10fb1debceda8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Administrator Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 23:07:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: update deploy/prepare --- deploy/prepare.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/deploy/prepare.md b/deploy/prepare.md index bd60e88..9af1488 100644 --- a/deploy/prepare.md +++ b/deploy/prepare.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title: Preparation description: published: true -date: 2025-04-16T19:06:44.908Z +date: 2025-04-18T23:07:13.554Z tags: editor: markdown dateCreated: 2021-11-15T15:39:49.074Z @@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ dateCreated: 2021-11-15T15:39:49.074Z ## Prerequisites +- **A USB flash drive** + - *Instructions available in [the next section](/deploy/medium)* +- **A wired Internet connection** + - *Files will be fetched online during the installation process* + - *Wireless connections are not supported* +- **A computer with a storage device**, see requirements below +- **A kickstart description of a Phyllome OS installation**, available as an Internet-accessible file + - Phyllome OS is automatically deployed based on a kickstart file + +> [The kickstart installation method](https://pykickstart.readthedocs.io/en/latest/kickstart-docs.html#chapter-1-introduction) provides a way to configure and automate the installation of most [RPM-based distributions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:RPM-based_Linux_distributions), including [the official Fedora distributions](https://pagure.io/fedora-kickstarts) as well as Fedora Remixes like Phyllome OS +{.is-info} + +## The Phyllome OS computer host + ### Minimum requirements - A **[x86-64](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64)** computer which supports [**hardware-assisted virtualization**](/virt/lexicon#hardware-assisted-virtualization), which means: @@ -28,9 +42,6 @@ dateCreated: 2021-11-15T15:39:49.074Z > Most computers sold after 2015 support hardware-assisted virtualization {.is-info} -> Desktop motherboards are often better candidates for running virtualization-oriented workloads, as laptop motherboards often ship with chipsets that do not support hardware-assisted virtualization -{.is-info} - ### Recommended requirements - A **x86-64** computer that supports the **2nd gen** of **hardware-assisted virtualization** @@ -42,14 +53,11 @@ dateCreated: 2021-11-15T15:39:49.074Z * **1 TB** of **SSD** or **NVMe** storage space to store guest OS disk images * **Two graphics cards** or a graphics card that supports [vfio-mdev](/gofurther/vfio-mdev) or SR-IOV -> Sitting idle, Phyllome OS consumes approximately 1 CPU core and 1.5 GB of RAM. This requirement scales up with the number of running virtual machines -{.is-info} - ## Enabling hardware-assisted virtualization Hardware-assisted virtualization is rarely turned on by default, even on computers that support it: this section explains how to enable it. -> Failing to enable hardware-assisted virtualization will make running virtual machines extremly **slow**, if possible at all. If it cannot be enabled, you would be better off picking a Linux distribution which doesn't require it, such as [Debian](https://www.debian.org/distrib/) or [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/) +> Failure to enable hardware-assisted virtualization will make running virtual machines extremly **slow**, if possible at all. If it cannot be enabled, you would be better off picking a Linux distribution which doesn't require it, such as [Debian](https://www.debian.org/distrib/) or [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/) {.is-warning} ### Accessing the platform firmware interface on Windows