Or with the qcow2 disk image format if you want to use QEMU's own 'Copy On Write' image format: $ qemu-img create -f qcow2 debian.qcow 2Gĭownload a current boot image, e.g. If you're installing a desktop environment, you'll need more than 2G. A sid system can be set up with the following steps:Ĭreate the hard disk image with: $ qemu-img create debian.img 2G QEMU is especially handy to set up an emulated testing/unstable system when working on the Debian installer itself or on the boot system, or when trying some experimental features without impact on the productive system. The QEMU emulator is packaged as per-CPU-type packages: $ sudo apt install qemu-utils qemu-system-x86 qemu-system-guiĭebian developer Aurelien Jarno maintains a list of ready-to-use Debian stable QEMU images at (but as of, there is no update since 2015).
+ granting the user R/W access to /dev/kvm
+ x86 and ARM CPU w/ virtualization extensions
