mitalix / qemu-debian-buster

Qemu Debian Buster

qemu-debian-buster

Qemu Debian Buster on Archlinux

sudo pacman -S qemu-common qemu-img qemu-system-x86

Install and launch Debian/buster image in qemu

Download the kernel:

$ wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/linux

Download an initrd:

$ wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz

Create a disk drive, that is a file image:

$ qemu-img create mydisk.img 10G

Run qemu and wait for installer to come up:

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -nographic -m 4G -hda test.img -kernel linux -initrd initrd.gz

Run in another window to see the screen:

$ vncviewer :5900

Install

Run through the installer and set root and username user/password combination

hostname:debian root/root your_user/your_user

Selected Xfce to pick a slim window manager Deselectd "print server" and selected "ssh server" Accept grub boot loader on /dev/sda

Launch

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda test.img -smp 4 -m 4G

Optional With some kvm acceleration:

check to see if it's in the kernel and drivers are loaded:

$ lscpu | grep Virtualization

Virtualization: VT-x

$ lsmod | grep kvm

kvm_intel 393216 0 kvm 1155072 1 kvm_intel irqbypass 16384 1 kvm

And launch with kvm hypervisor (accelerator)

$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda test.img -smp 4 -m 4G -accel kvm