Docs changes/ideas
Author: SuperMaxusaCreated Oct 6, 2025Updated Aug 12, 2026
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Readme.md:- Debian has removed i386 installer and kernel for
trixie: https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/issues.html#reduced-support-for-i386 - mention https://github.com/chschnell/v86-buildroot
fix the required Node.JS version: https://github.com/copy/v86#how-to-build-run-and-embeddone in d116cf2
- Debian has removed i386 installer and kernel for
docs/archlinux.md:- update for newer versions
- shrink the "Networking" section, as we have extended info in
docs/networking.md
docs/linux-9p-image.md:- add instructions for other initramfs generators (e. g. dracut)
docs/networking.md:- tell more about guest OS network card support (for example, ReactOS support
virtio) mention https://github.com/copy/v86/discussions/1442done in https://github.com/copy/v86/pull/1457
- tell more about guest OS network card support (for example, ReactOS support
docs/windows-9x.md:- (maybe) remove the "Floppy disk support" section (should have been fixed after https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/1362)
document https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/1185 and https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/289done in #1430(maybe) document about SoftGPU or vmdisp9x (https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/697#issuecomment-2676743706)done in #1430take some notes from #1462 and #1502outdateddocument "It is now safe to turn off your computer" fix on startup, see https://github.com/copy/v86/discussions/1553#discussioncomment-16853708done in #1618(maybe) document on how to install on v86: https://github.com/copy/v86/discussions/1553#discussioncomment-16893976done in #1618
docs/windows-nt.md:- https://github.com/copy/v86/discussions/1615 and (maybe) networking
docs/cpu-idling.md:move AmnHLT part todone in #1618docs/windows-9x.md, remove as unnecessary: https://github.com/copy/v86/pull/1581#issuecomment-4702163627
tools/docker/README.md:- change
debiantoalpine(https://github.com/copy/v86/commit/2e5b6e100cd78deaa99a5ee5eaa04e5d1285c4f0)
- change
- others:
(maybe) document about DOS (how to set a sound card, networking etc), Windows 3.x and other OSesdone in #1581- (maybe) document about some virtio devices (for example, https://github.com/copy/v86/pull/949#pullrequestreview-1773429638)
- https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/1444
(maybe) API docs: https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/100#issuecomment-1374637474 and https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/1518done in 452df77https://github.com/copy/v86/issues/1568done in #1618
Source: copy/v86