# Build a bootable SchOS ISO, ready for VMware or a real machine. # # Wraps `make iso`, which builds the ramdisk-root variant and wraps it in an # El Torito image. The ramdisk root is the point: the ISO carries a complete # userland inside the kernel, so it boots with no hard disk attached at all. # # tools\makeiso.ps1 build it # tools\makeiso.ps1 -Run build it, then boot it under QEMU to check # tools\makeiso.ps1 -Clean force a full rebuild first # # Afterwards the ISO is schos.iso in the repository root; point a VM's optical # drive at it and boot from CD. param( [switch]$Run, [switch]$Clean, [string]$Qemu = "$env:USERPROFILE\scoop\apps\qemu\current\qemu-system-x86_64.exe" ) $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' $root = Split-Path $PSScriptRoot -Parent Push-Location $root function Fail($msg) { Write-Host "FAIL: $msg" -ForegroundColor Red Pop-Location exit 1 } # Git Bash, found by full path and never as bare `bash`. # # From PowerShell, `bash` resolves to C:\...\WindowsApps\bash.exe -- the *WSL* # launcher -- long before anything on PATH. On this machine WSL2 cannot start at # all, because it needs the Hyper-V hypervisor underneath the whole system and # that is deliberately off. So calling `bash` here does not run a different # shell, it fails with a wall of virtualisation advice and an exit code that # looks like the build broke. $BashCandidates = @( "$env:ProgramFiles\Git\bin\bash.exe" "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}\Git\bin\bash.exe" "$env:USERPROFILE\scoop\apps\git\current\bin\bash.exe" "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\Git\bin\bash.exe" ) $Bash = $BashCandidates | Where-Object { Test-Path $_ } | Select-Object -First 1 if (-not $Bash) { Fail "Git Bash not found; looked in:`n $($BashCandidates -join "`n ")" } function Invoke-Make([string]$cmd) { # -c, not -lc: a login shell sources the profile for no benefit here. # stderr folded in inside bash, because $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' # turns a native program's stderr into a terminating error, and mkisofs # writes a harmless warning there on every single run. & $Bash -c "cd '$($root -replace '\\','/')' && $cmd 2>&1" } # An ISO needs one of these to assemble the filesystem. There is no xorriso # package for Windows in scoop; cdrtools provides mkisofs, and tools/mkiso.sh # accepts either -- their El Torito arguments are compatible. $haveIso = (Get-Command xorriso -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -or (Get-Command mkisofs -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) if (-not $haveIso) { Write-Host "Need xorriso or mkisofs on PATH." -ForegroundColor Yellow Write-Host " Windows: scoop install cdrtools" Write-Host " Debian/Ubuntu: apt install xorriso" Fail "no ISO builder" } if ($Clean) { Write-Host "==> cleaning" -ForegroundColor Cyan # Not `make clean`: that would drop the ports too, and those take an # afternoon to rebuild on a host where they are not rebuilt at all. Invoke-Make "rm -rf build/kernel build/lib build/cmd" | Out-Null } Write-Host "==> building (this makes the ramdisk-root kernel, which is larger)" -ForegroundColor Cyan # Output captured whole rather than piped through a filter. Piping a native # command into ForEach-Object leaves $LASTEXITCODE reflecting the pipeline # rather than the command, which reported a perfectly successful `make iso` as # a failure. Redirect stderr inside bash too: with $ErrorActionPreference set to # Stop, PowerShell turns a native program's stderr into terminating errors, and # mkisofs writes a harmless warning there every single run. $out = Invoke-Make "make iso" $code = $LASTEXITCODE $out | Where-Object { $_ -match '^==>|mkiso:|nmeta|rror' } | ForEach-Object { Write-Host " $_" -ForegroundColor DarkGray } if ($code -ne 0) { $out | Select-Object -Last 20 | ForEach-Object { Write-Host $_ } Fail "make iso returned $code" } $iso = Join-Path $root 'schos.iso' if (-not (Test-Path $iso)) { Fail "schos.iso was not produced" } # `make iso` leaves the tree holding objects compiled with -DRAMDISK_ROOT. A # following plain `make` would then fail to link, on a missing ramdisk symbol, # for reasons that look nothing like their cause. Put it back. Write-Host "==> restoring the normal (disk-root) build" -ForegroundColor Cyan Invoke-Make "rm -rf build/kernel build/lib build/cmd && make >/dev/null" | Out-Null $mb = [Math]::Round((Get-Item $iso).Length / 1MB, 1) Write-Host "" Write-Host "==> $iso ($mb MB)" -ForegroundColor Green Write-Host "" Write-Host "VMware:" -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host " New VM -> I will install the OS later -> Other / Other 64-bit" Write-Host " CD/DVD -> Use ISO image file -> $iso, and tick Connect at power on" Write-Host " Boot order: CD-ROM first (F2 at power on for the firmware setup)" Write-Host "" Write-Host " Set the VM to BIOS, not UEFI. SchOS's loader is 16-bit real" Write-Host " mode and there is no EFI stub yet, so a UEFI-only VM will not boot." Write-Host "" Write-Host " Processors: as many as you like. SMP works as of 2026-08-08;" Write-Host " check with 'cat /proc/cpuinfo', which lists the online ones." Write-Host "" Write-Host " RAM: 64 MB is plenty. The old 224 MB floor is gone." if ($Run) { Write-Host "" Write-Host "==> booting the ISO under QEMU, no disk attached" -ForegroundColor Cyan $log = Join-Path $root 'build\isoboot.log' if (Test-Path $log) { Clear-Content $log } $psi = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo $psi.FileName = $Qemu $psi.Arguments = @( "-cdrom `"$iso`" -boot d" '-m 256M -smp 1 -cpu qemu64,+rdtscp -machine pc-i440fx-9.2' '-display none' "-chardev stdio,id=c0,logfile=`"$log`"" '-serial chardev:c0' '-no-reboot' ) -join ' ' $psi.RedirectStandardInput = $true $psi.UseShellExecute = $false $p = [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($psi) Start-Sleep -Seconds 25 if (-not $p.HasExited) { $p.Kill() } Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 600 $text = if (Test-Path $log) { Get-Content $log -Raw } else { "" } if ($text -match 'init: ready') { Write-Host "==> the ISO boots to a shell" -ForegroundColor Green ($text -split "`n" | Select-Object -First 12) | ForEach-Object { Write-Host " $_" -ForegroundColor DarkGray } } else { Write-Host "==> the ISO did NOT reach a shell" -ForegroundColor Red Write-Host $text Pop-Location exit 1 } } Pop-Location