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| author | Justus Perlwitz <hello@justus.pw> | 2024-07-20 21:42:56 +0900 |
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| committer | Justus Perlwitz <hello@justus.pw> | 2024-07-20 22:03:12 +0900 |
| commit | 2ca7dbb5b0c7b50d2bc049b9c8fb0ef076e641ab (patch) | |
| tree | d8a818252f07087b6c75d00f6f2bcc226bf29f42 /README.md | |
| parent | Merge pull request #450 from motiejus/nixos-24.05 (diff) | |
| download | YubiKey-Guide-2ca7dbb5b0c7b50d2bc049b9c8fb0ef076e641ab.tar.gz | |
Document how to test NixOS build with QEMU
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@@ -225,6 +225,19 @@ sudo cp -v result/iso/yubikeyLive.iso /dev/sdc ; sync Skip steps to create a temporary working directory and a hardened configuration, as they are already part of the image. +If you want to test your build before copying it into a USB stick, you can try it out on your machine using a tool like QEMU. +Please keep in mind that a virtualized environment does not provide the same amount of security as an ephemeral system (see *Prepare environment* above). +Here is an example QEMU invocation after placing `yubikeyLive` in `result/iso` using the above `nix build` command: + +```console +# Launch with 4G memory, 2 CPUs and KVM enabled +qemu-system-x86_64 \ + -enable-kvm \ + -m 4G \ + -smp 2 \ + -drive readonly=on,media=cdrom,format=raw,file=result/iso/yubikeyLive.iso +``` + **Arch** ```console |