QEMU (Quick EMUlator) is a type – 2 or hosted hypervisor. Other examples of hosted hypervisors are VMware Player, Oracle VirtualBox & Parallels Desktop for Mac. QEMU, released under GPLv2, supports both machine emulation as well as virtualization. Hence, it is capable to run different Operating Systems and Programs on supported architectures. It is written by Fabrice Bellard. At the time of writing the article, the latest stable release of QEMU is 4.1.0. In this article, we would discuss how to setup Virtual Machine using QEMU in Ubuntu distribution.
To install macOS on Linux using Qemu virtual machine, the developer Alan Pope (popey) has created a bundled snap package known as Sosumi. It is easy to install and works on Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and other major Linux distributions. Here is the Github page and source of this snap package. For Mac developer, this meant a choice of VMWare or Parallels and now you can also use Linux with KVM / QEMU and Clover/OVMF. Here are the high level steps and instructions required to get macOS (OS X) up and running on Ubuntu with KVM / QEMU. Get Ubuntu running with virtualisation enabled Install KVM / QEMU software.
First, we will install QEMU and create a qcow2 disk image. Then, we would attach a CD-ROM (ISO Image) to the disk image to install an Operating System.
Note: Following operations would require you to have superuser privileges. In case you don't have one, then contact your System Administrator for assistance.
Install QEMU in Ubuntu
Since, QEMU package is already available in standard Ubuntu repository. Therefore, we would update the Ubuntu repository first to make the latest version of the package available. Thereafter, we would install the package and related dependencies (if any). So, open a terminal and issue the following –
Create a disk image for Virtual Machine using qemu-img
Now, we will create a disk image using command-line utility qemu-img. With qemu-img, we can manage our disk images offline.
where,
-f is used for file format (raw, qcow2 etc.)
For instance,
This would create a file test-img.qcow2 of size 5 GB.
Install an Operating System in Disk image
Next, we need to install an Operating System in the disk image. So, we will attach an installation media (ISO image) to the Virtual Machine. Hence, issue the following in terminal –
where,
-cdrom is for iso_image,
-cpu host is to emulate the host processor. There is a list of supported architectures available – qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu ?
-enable-kvm starts QEMU in KVM mode,
-m is for memory (RAM),
-smp is to specify the number of cores a VM could use.
For instance,
Now, install an Operating System of your choice in disk image.
Run Virtual Machine (disk_image) through QEMU
To run a Virtual Machine, above code needs to be modified a bit. We would just remove the CD-ROM attached.
For instance,
In conclusion, we have discussed how to setup Virtual Machine using QEMU in Ubuntu distribution.
Install Mac Os On Qemu
Note: For i386 architecture, we can use qemu-system-i386 command in place of qemu-system-x86_64.
Qemu Mac Os 9
To enable audio in QEMU Virtual Machine, follow the article here.
QEMU (Quick EMUlator) is a type – 2 or hosted hypervisor. Other examples of hosted hypervisors are VMware Player, Oracle VirtualBox & Parallels Desktop for Mac. QEMU, released under GPLv2, supports both machine emulation as well as virtualization. Hence, it is capable to run different Operating Systems and Programs on supported architectures. It is written by Fabrice Bellard. At the time of writing the article, the latest stable release of QEMU is 4.1.0. In this article, we would discuss how to setup Virtual Machine using QEMU in Ubuntu distribution.
First, we will install QEMU and create a qcow2 disk image. Then, we would attach a CD-ROM (ISO Image) to the disk image to install an Operating System.
Note: Following operations would require you to have superuser privileges. In case you don't have one, then contact your System Administrator for assistance.
Install QEMU in Ubuntu
Since, QEMU package is already available in standard Ubuntu repository. Therefore, we would update the Ubuntu repository first to make the latest version of the package available. Thereafter, we would install the package and related dependencies (if any). So, open a terminal and issue the following –
Create a disk image for Virtual Machine using qemu-img
Qemu Ubuntu Mac Os X
Now, we will create a disk image using command-line utility qemu-img. With qemu-img, we can manage our disk images offline.
where,
-f is used for file format (raw, qcow2 etc.)
For instance,
This would create a file test-img.qcow2 of size 5 GB.
Install an Operating System in Disk image
Next, we need to install an Operating System in the disk image. So, we will attach an installation media (ISO image) to the Virtual Machine. Hence, issue the following in terminal –
where,
-cdrom is for iso_image,
-cpu host is to emulate the host processor. There is a list of supported architectures available – qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu ?
-enable-kvm starts QEMU in KVM mode,
Note: Following operations would require you to have superuser privileges. In case you don't have one, then contact your System Administrator for assistance.
Install QEMU in Ubuntu
Since, QEMU package is already available in standard Ubuntu repository. Therefore, we would update the Ubuntu repository first to make the latest version of the package available. Thereafter, we would install the package and related dependencies (if any). So, open a terminal and issue the following –
Create a disk image for Virtual Machine using qemu-img
Now, we will create a disk image using command-line utility qemu-img. With qemu-img, we can manage our disk images offline.
where,
-f is used for file format (raw, qcow2 etc.)
For instance,
This would create a file test-img.qcow2 of size 5 GB.
Install an Operating System in Disk image
Next, we need to install an Operating System in the disk image. So, we will attach an installation media (ISO image) to the Virtual Machine. Hence, issue the following in terminal –
where,
-cdrom is for iso_image,
-cpu host is to emulate the host processor. There is a list of supported architectures available – qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu ?
-enable-kvm starts QEMU in KVM mode,
-m is for memory (RAM),
-smp is to specify the number of cores a VM could use.
For instance,
Now, install an Operating System of your choice in disk image.
Run Virtual Machine (disk_image) through QEMU
To run a Virtual Machine, above code needs to be modified a bit. We would just remove the CD-ROM attached.
For instance,
In conclusion, we have discussed how to setup Virtual Machine using QEMU in Ubuntu distribution.
Install Mac Os On Qemu
Note: For i386 architecture, we can use qemu-system-i386 command in place of qemu-system-x86_64.
Qemu Mac Os 9
To enable audio in QEMU Virtual Machine, follow the article here.
QEMU (Quick EMUlator) is a type – 2 or hosted hypervisor. Other examples of hosted hypervisors are VMware Player, Oracle VirtualBox & Parallels Desktop for Mac. QEMU, released under GPLv2, supports both machine emulation as well as virtualization. Hence, it is capable to run different Operating Systems and Programs on supported architectures. It is written by Fabrice Bellard. At the time of writing the article, the latest stable release of QEMU is 4.1.0. In this article, we would discuss how to setup Virtual Machine using QEMU in Ubuntu distribution.
First, we will install QEMU and create a qcow2 disk image. Then, we would attach a CD-ROM (ISO Image) to the disk image to install an Operating System.
Note: Following operations would require you to have superuser privileges. In case you don't have one, then contact your System Administrator for assistance.
Install QEMU in Ubuntu
Since, QEMU package is already available in standard Ubuntu repository. Therefore, we would update the Ubuntu repository first to make the latest version of the package available. Thereafter, we would install the package and related dependencies (if any). So, open a terminal and issue the following –
Create a disk image for Virtual Machine using qemu-img
Qemu Ubuntu Mac Os X
Now, we will create a disk image using command-line utility qemu-img. With qemu-img, we can manage our disk images offline.
where,
-f is used for file format (raw, qcow2 etc.)
For instance,
This would create a file test-img.qcow2 of size 5 GB.
Install an Operating System in Disk image
Next, we need to install an Operating System in the disk image. So, we will attach an installation media (ISO image) to the Virtual Machine. Hence, issue the following in terminal –
where,
-cdrom is for iso_image,
-cpu host is to emulate the host processor. There is a list of supported architectures available – qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu ?
-enable-kvm starts QEMU in KVM mode,
-m is for memory (RAM),
-smp is to specify the number of cores a VM could use.
For instance,
Now, install an Operating System of your choice in disk image.
Run Virtual Machine (disk_image) through QEMU
To run a Virtual Machine, above code needs to be modified a bit. We would just remove the CD-ROM attached.
Qemu For Mac
For instance,
In conclusion, we have discussed how to setup Virtual Machine using QEMU in Ubuntu distribution.
Note: For i386 architecture, we can use qemu-system-i386 command in place of qemu-system-x86_64.
Run Mac Os On Qemu
To enable audio in QEMU Virtual Machine, follow the article here.