Thema: Virtualization (Archive)

Quickly Boot a Minimal Linux Kernel + Initrd in Cloud Hypervisor or QEMU

For various reasons, such as OS development, it is convenient to quickly start up an instance of QEMU or Cloud Hypervisor with a custom kernel and initrd. However, often the major struggle is to get some kernel and some initrd, i.e., the boot items, quickly and easily. Scope Foremost, this Read more…

By Philipp Schuster, 3 months2025-03-18 ago

Programming & DevOps

Working on Mini Operating Systems for Testing of Virtualization Stacks at Cyberus

Usually, I do not just forward people to other blogs. But the other day, I published an interesting article on my company’s* tech blog about testing virtualization stacks using mini operating systems. Here’s the excerpt: Testing and debugging erroneous behavior by a guest under a virtualization stack is hard and Read more…

By Philipp Schuster, 1 year2024-04-21 ago