GoboLinux Qemu Setup

liveGobo

#!/bin/bash
## Runs the GoboLinux liveCD in a performant Qemu environment
#
# Make sure to check out https://wiki.gobolinux.org/Overview/Installing-Gobolinux/GoboLinux-017-Known-Issues-and-Fixes/
# Note: During installation choose an MSDOS partition table! GPT will fail to boot!
#
# Prepare disk image with 20GB -> `qemu-img create -f qcow2 GOBO.qcow2 20G`
#
#    Usage:
#       ./liveGobo <LiveCD_ISO> <DiskImage>

# <DiskImage> argument is optional.
# If none is given assume:
DiskImage="GOBO.qcow2"


if [ -z "$1" ]; then
   echo "Please specfiy a GoboLinux ISO image."
   exit 1
fi
param="${2:-$DiskImage}"


qemu-system-x86_64 \
                  -cdrom "$1" \
                  -drive file="$param",cache=none,if=virtio \
                  -boot d \
                  -m 3G \
                  -enable-kvm \
                  -cpu host -smp 8 \
                  -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=off \
                  -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci

## Legend:
#                  -drive if=virtio -- Faster I/O operations (optional)
#                             -m 3G -- 3GB of RAM
#                         -cpu host -- Pass all available host processor features to the guest
#                            -smp 8 -- Make use of 9 CPU threads (Configure to your needs)
#    -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=on -- hw accelerated GPU driver (gl=off to workaround a qemu black screen bug for now)
#    -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci -- Fast networking (optional)

runGobo

#!/bin/bash
## Runs the installed GoboLinux environment
#
#    Usage: 
#       ./runGobo <DiskImage>

# <DiskImage> argument is optional.
# If none is given assume:
DiskImage="GOBO.qcow2"


param="${1:-$DiskImage}"

qemu-system-x86_64 \
                  -drive file="$param",cache=none,if=virtio \
                  -m 3G \
                  -enable-kvm \
                  -cpu host -smp 8 \
                  -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=off \
                  -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci

## Known unresolved issues:
#  - Clipboard sharing not working

Do you think it may be worthwhile to turn these instructions into a .md and/or into the wiki?

I am beginning to think it may be a second option to run GoboLinux via
qemu; if I then have internet access I can probably e. g. test updating
or creating new recipes (have not tried it yet). I don't know yet how well
this works; I last used qemu many years ago, for HaikuOS and have not
used it since then.

Yes I think it could be worthwile