--- title: Checkbox your system description: published: true date: 2021-11-13T17:20:09.745Z tags: editor: markdown dateCreated: 2021-11-13T10:47:33.615Z --- # Prepare the host computer ## Requirements `To-do` These instructions are valid for x86-64 computers that do ship with Linux or Windows Phyllome OS targets x86 systems with hardware-assisted virtualization, with a strong preference for those providing IOMMU as well. It may support ARM[^49]- or RISC-V-based platforms in the future. It is expected that Phyllome OS will consume approximately 1 CPU core and 1 GB of RAM[^50], which should be enough to accommodate a few virtual machines. For instance, on a system with a CPU with 4 cores and 8 GB of RAM, a guest virtual machine will be able to be assigned up to 3 cores and 7 GB of RAM. ### []{#anchor-43}Minimum requirements for Phyllome OS Desktop - x86 computer that supports the first generation of hardware-assisted virtualization extensions - For AMD-based configurations, it means that AMD V is available and enabled - For Intel-based configurations, it means that Intel VT-x is available and enabled - 2-core processor - 8 GB of RAM - SSD-based storage device to store disk images and Phyllome OS - Any graphics card (Linux or macOS guests only) ### []{#anchor-44}Recommended requirements for Phyllome OS Desktop - x86 computer that supports the second generation of hardware-assisted virtualization extensions - For AMD-based configurations, it means that AMD Vi is available and enabled - For Intel-based configurations, it means that Intel VT-d is available and enabled - 8-core processor - 16 GB of RAM - NVME-based storage device to store disk images and Phyllome OS - Two graphics cards or a graphics card that supports vfio-mdev or SR-IOV ## Enable IOMMU ### Access the firmware ### Modify the firmware configuration *Now that you are done, you can go to the next section to [create an installation medium](/deploy/medium).*