From 0f13a55f520eef5206f24500193641d62693ebb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ruv <ruv@ruv.net>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:03:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(installer): add Windows/MINGW detection with WSL/Docker
 guidance

Co-Authored-By: claude-flow <ruv@ruv.net>
---
 scripts/install-qemu.sh | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/install-qemu.sh b/scripts/install-qemu.sh
index adfe9842..0cc7089d 100644
--- a/scripts/install-qemu.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-qemu.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ detect_os() {
             fi
             ;;
         Darwin) OS="macos"; DISTRO="macos" ;;
+        MINGW*|MSYS*)
+            err "Native Windows/MINGW detected."
+            err "QEMU ESP32-S3 must be built on Linux or macOS."
+            err "Options:"
+            err "  1. Use WSL:  wsl bash scripts/install-qemu.sh"
+            err "  2. Use Docker: docker run -it ubuntu:22.04 bash"
+            err "  3. Download pre-built: https://github.com/espressif/qemu/releases"
+            exit 3
+            ;;
         *)      err "Unsupported OS: $(uname -s)"; exit 3 ;;
     esac