Attempt to setup KVM Host on Sparky 2026.06 tolerant to Timeshift rollbacks (Assisted by Google AI )

Posted by dba477 on Aug 28, 2026 9:51 AM EDT
https://dbaxps.blogspot.com; By Boris Derzhavets
Mail this story
Print this story

This post is an immediate follow up for "Sparky Linux 2026 06 OverlayFS BTRFS with Timeshift setup" . Modern virtual machines use OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) to simulate an industry-standard UEFI environment rather than an old legacy BIOS.The Role of NVRAM: UEFI requires a non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM) variables store to keep track of boot orders, hardware configurations, and Secure Boot certificates.

Separation of Files: In KVM, the UEFI firmware itself is read-only (e.g., OVMF_CODE.fd), while the companion NVRAM file (e.g., OVMF_VARS.fd) stores the unique, writable state data for that specific VM.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: Reviews, Tutorial; Groups: Debian, Developer, Distributions, Virtualization

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.