From 4d2019c9bc39f0fe2fa8ff06bea7759deb468186 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lukas Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:33:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: create linux_paths --- linux_paths.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) create mode 100644 linux_paths.md diff --git a/linux_paths.md b/linux_paths.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0cfd094 --- /dev/null +++ b/linux_paths.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: Virtualization paths on Linux +description: Some virtualization-related folders on a Linux-system +published: true +date: 2021-08-12T12:33:17.150Z +tags: +editor: markdown +dateCreated: 2021-08-12T12:33:17.150Z +--- + +# Paths on Linux + +This page lists where most of the stuff related to virtualization is located on a Linux operating system. This is based on Fedora. But it should be similar for other distributions. + +## UEFI Firmware + +* Default location for the x86-64 OVMF (UEFI) firmware + +`/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd` + +* Default location for the x86-64 OVMF (UEFI) secureboot-enabled firmware + +`/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd` + +### Nvram + +* Default location of Nvram + +`/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram` + +The Nvram contains the saved state of the UEFI configuration. + +## Default location for disk images + +* Any new virtual machines will be saved there : + +`/var/lib/libvirt/images` \ No newline at end of file