boot `iso` images
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- Go
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Description
Qemu can boot also `iso` images: would be nice to have the way to boot them. An ISO image is intended always to be readonly.
We need also to understand how architecture detection can work for this image type.
Checking the file architecture is tricky because the .iso file itself is just a "container" (like a zip file). The file command often just says "ISO 9660 CD-ROM", which doesn't help.
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Research direction
The issue does not name files or tests. Start by tracing the existing disk-image boot path and architecture detection, then verify QEMU's ISO handling. Done means ISO images boot read-only and architecture detection is defined and works for supported images.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100