Create macOS VMs with OpenCore embedded in the EFI partition of disk.qcow2
instead of using a separate OpenCore.qcow2 file. This simplifies VM management
by reducing from two disk images to one.
Implementation:
- Add create_macos_disk_with_opencore() using mtools/sgdisk for cross-platform
EFI partition creation without mounting or root privileges
- Add download_opencore() to extract OpenCore files from OSX-KVM image
- Use LC_ALL='' with mcopy to prevent FAT directory name mangling
- Adjust disk size threshold for macOS integrated mode (1GB vs 1.5MB)
Backwards compatibility:
- If OpenCore.qcow2 exists, use legacy two-disk boot method
- If mtools/sgdisk unavailable, fall back to legacy method automatically
New dependencies: mtools, gptfdisk (added to devshell.nix and package.nix)
Closes#1720
The hash URL was incorrectly using 'v${RELEASE}' (e.g., 'vlatest')
instead of extracting the actual version folder from the redirect URL.
Since releases_archcraft returns 'latest', the download redirect goes
to a versioned folder like 'v25.10', but the hash file lookup used
'vlatest' which doesn't exist.
Extract the version folder from the redirect URL to construct the
correct hash file path.
- Use direct mirror URL instead of unreliable shortlink redirects
- Remove lite64 edition from Zorin 18 (now Pro-only)
- Automatically detect latest revision for each version
Fixes:
- slint: Update version from 15.0-5 to 15.0-10
- blendos: Replace dead mirror with official GitLab build server
- void: Filter out directories without standard base ISOs (fixes
20250401)
Removals:
- holoiso: Project archived Feb 2024, download server returns 404
- truenas-core: Discontinued, merged into TrueNAS Community Edition
- truenas-scale: Rebranded to TrueNAS Community Edition
- Replace mirror.bytemark.co.uk with mirrors.kernel.org in get_gentoo,
get_linuxmint and get_lmde
- Prefer kernel.org mirrors for improved availability and fresher
releases
- No change to ISO selection or hash verification logic; behaviour
unchanged
Signed-off-by: Martin Wimpress <martin@wimpress.org>
- Remove Devuan 'beowulf' from the release list
- Drop Mageia '8' from the release list
- Filter Fedora releases JSON and exclude Fedora 41 (prevent EOL
entries)
- Restrict GNOME OS parsing to stable numeric versions and keep
"nightly"
- Rationale: avoid presenting EOL or alpha/beta/rc images to users and
reduce failed downloads
Signed-off-by: Martin Wimpress <martin@wimpress.org>
- Add require_qemu_img() to detect qemu-img and print a clear error if
missing
- Call require_qemu_img before any qemu-img operations (RecoveryImage,
.img conversions)
- Remove duplicate global qemu-img existence check to avoid repetition
Signed-off-by: Martin Wimpress <martin@wimpress.org>
The E:\amd64\w10 directory contains vioscsi and viostor drivers, but
these are already included via E:\vioscsi\w10\amd64 and
E:\viostor\w10\amd64. This duplication causes issues with Windows 11
24H2 and later.
Previously, edition fallback logic allowed downloading the correct
"graphical" ISO for 25.05 even when specifying "plasma6" or "gnome".
However, the VM_PATH and directory name still used the original edition
(e.g., nixos-25.05-plasma6). Fixing this would require more complicated
changes to the code.
NixOS 24.11 will reach EOL on 2025-06-30, about two weeks from now.
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