Mikan-V is an operating system that includes a Type-2 hypervisor capable of running a MikanOS virtual machine on top of MikanOS itself.
The goal is to implement this system by adding features rather than modifying existing functionality whenever possible.
test.mp4
Follow the build steps provided in the README_original.md.
Mikan-V requires an Intel CPU with VT-x enabled.
Run Mikan-V using VMware Workstation.
After installing VMware Workstation, create a new virtual machine and add or overwrite the following lines to the .vmx
file, or enable the equivalent options via the GUI:
memsize = "1024"
vhv.enable = "TRUE"
firmware = "efi"
Once you’ve built the project and obtained disk.img
, convert it to a VMDK file using the following command:
qemu-img convert -O vmdk disk.img <VM Name>.vmdk
Move the converted <VM Name>.vmdk
file into your VMware virtual machine's directory.
By default(Windows), this is located at: %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Virtual Machines\<VM Name>
After booting the VM, type vm
in the terminal to launch Mikan-V.
- To send the F2 key to the VM, use the F3 key instead.
- The file system is not virtualized — it is shared between the host and guest.
- USB and PCI devices are not virtualized and are also not used by the host.