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Bug 750090 - Add an option to select OS type
Add an option to select OS type
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 732811
Product: gnome-boxes
Classification: Applications
Component: windows
3.17.x
Other Windows
: Normal normal
: --
Assigned To: GNOME Boxes maintainer(s)
GNOME Boxes maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-05-29 08:51 UTC by Cédric Bellegarde
Modified: 2016-09-20 08:15 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Comment 1 Lasse Schuirmann 2015-05-29 10:02:27 UTC 
(In reply to Cédric Bellegarde from comment #0)
> We should be able to select OS type for optimization.
> 
> For Windows, gnome-boxes should put this in configuration:
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/
> html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/sect-
> Installing_a_fully_virtualized_Windows_guest-
> Tips_for_more_efficiency_with_Windows_guest_virtual_machines.html
> 
> http://blog.wikichoon.com/2014/07/enabling-hyper-v-enlightenments-with-kvm.
> html

I think it may be a good goal, however we should rather autodetect the OS than asking the user. Sounds like libosinfo is a perfect fit. Zeeshan, what do you think?
Comment 2 Zeeshan Ali 2015-05-29 11:37:22 UTC 
(In reply to Lasse Schuirmann from comment #1)
> (In reply to Cédric Bellegarde from comment #0)
> > We should be able to select OS type for optimization.
> > 
> > For Windows, gnome-boxes should put this in configuration:
> > https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/
> > html/Virtualization_Deployment_and_Administration_Guide/sect-
> > Installing_a_fully_virtualized_Windows_guest-
> > Tips_for_more_efficiency_with_Windows_guest_virtual_machines.html
> > 
> > http://blog.wikichoon.com/2014/07/enabling-hyper-v-enlightenments-with-kvm.
> > html
> 
> I think it may be a good goal, however we should rather autodetect the OS
> than asking the user. Sounds like libosinfo is a perfect fit. Zeeshan, what
> do you think?

Yes, IMO its not a good idea at all. We should rather fix bug#732811, hopefully through libosinfo. If bug#732811 misses some options that should be enabled, please comment about those on that bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 732811 ***