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# HOS System Requirements
HOS requires:
* A 64-bit CPU.
* A UEFI system.
* 128MB of RAM.
# Building HOS
From the top level of the repository, run:
./rscons
If you get errors about missing packages, install the packages and then re-run
the build command.
# Running HOS
## Physical Machine
To install HOS to an EFI partition, follow these steps:
1. Copy build/hello/HOS.EFI to EFI partition EFI/HOS.EFI. For example, from Linux:
sudo cp build/hello/HOS.EFI /boot/efi/EFI/HOS.EFI
2. Register EFI loader for HOS (one time only) with command:
efibootmgr -c -d /dev/nvme1n1 -p 2 -l '\EFI\HOS.EFI' -L HOS
(Update the -d device parameter and -p partition parameter as appropriate)
3. Set boot order to desired boot order. Exact order will be system dependent. Example:
efibootmgr -o 2,0,6,5
At this point you should be able to boot HOS from your EFI boot selection menu.
If you use GRUB, you can optionally create a GRUB boot entry to load HOS.EFI
with an entry like this:
menuentry 'HOS' {
insmod part_gpt
insmod chain
set root='(hd0,gpt1)'
chainloader /EFI/HOS.EFI
}
Just update the root setting for the correction location to your system's EFI
partition.
## VirtualBox
To create a VM in VirtualBox:
1. Build HOS ("./rscons").
2. In VirtualBox, select Machine -> New.
3. Set name to HOS.
4. Set Type to Other.
5. Set Version to Other/Unknown (64-bit).
6. Click Next.
7. Set memory size to 512 MB.
8. Click Next.
9. Select Do not add a virtual hard disk.
10. Click Create.
11. From the HOS repository, create a VirtualBox VMDK image with "./rscons mk-vmdk".
12. Move the HOS.vmdk file generated to the HOS VirtualBox folder.
13. In VirtualBox Manager, open HOS VM settings.
14. Under System, check the Enable EFI checkbox.
15. Under Storage, add a hard disk and browse to select the HOS.vmdk file.
16. To run HOS, either start the VM through VirtualBox or with "./rscons run-vb".