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| Ubuntu arm64 in QEMU on Mac host: | |
| qemu-system-aarch64 -m 4096M -cpu host -M virt,accel=hvf \ | |
| -bios /opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd \ | |
| -serial stdio -device virtio-gpu -device virtio-keyboard \ | |
| -device virtio-mouse -display default,show-cursor=on \ | |
| -cdrom ubuntu-25.10-desktop-arm64.iso | |
| Keyboard useable from Grub (requires qemu-xhci & usb-kbd): | |
| qemu-system-aarch64 -m 4096M -cpu host -M virt,accel=hvf \ | |
| -bios /opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd \ | |
| -serial stdio -device virtio-gpu -device qemu-xhci -device usb-kbd \ | |
| -device usb-mouse -display default,show-cursor=on \ | |
| -cdrom ubuntu-25.10-desktop-arm64.iso | |
| NetBSD aarch64 in Qemu on Mac host: | |
| curl -JLO https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/latest/evbarm-aarch64/binary/gzimg/arm64.img.gz | |
| gunzip arm64.img.gz | |
| qemu-img resize arm64.img 10g | |
| curl -JLO https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/netbsd-10/latest/evbarm-aarch64/binary/kernel/netbsd-GENERIC64.img.gz | |
| qemu-system-aarch64 -m 512m -cpu host -M virt,accel=hvf \ | |
| -drive if=none,file=arm64.img,id=hd0 -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 \ | |
| -device virtio-rng-pci -kernel netbsd-GENERIC64.img -append "root=NAME=netbsd-root" \ | |
| -netdev type=user,id=net0 -device virtio-net-device,netdev=net0,mac=00:11:22:33:44:55 \ | |
| -display none -serial stdio | |
| NetBSD (vm image w/o seperate kernel) aarch64 in QEMU on Mac hose: | |
| curl -JLO https://nycdn.netbsd.org/pub/arm/NetBSD-10.1-release/NetBSD-10-aarch64-generic.img.gz | |
| qemu-system-aarch64 -m 512m -cpu host -M virt,accel=hvf \ | |
| -bios /opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd \ | |
| -drive if=none,file=NetBSD-10-aarch64-generic.img,id=hd0 \ | |
| -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 \ | |
| -device virtio-rng-pci -nographic -echr 26 | |
| Debian arm64 in Qemu on Mac host: | |
| curl -JLO https://cloud.debian.org/images/cloud/trixie/latest/debian-13-nocloud-arm64.qcow2 | |
| qemu-system-aarch64 -m 512m -cpu host -M virt,accel=hvf \ | |
| -bios /opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd \ | |
| -serial stdio -snapshot debian-13-nocloud-arm64.qcow2 | |
| Debian arm64 in Qemu on Mac host with r/w disk image: | |
| qemu-system-aarch64 -m 512m -cpu host -M virt,accel=hvf \ | |
| -bios /opt/homebrew/share/qemu/edk2-aarch64-code.fd \ | |
| -serial stdio -display none \ | |
| -drive if=none,file=debian-13-nocloud-arm64.qcow2,id=hd0 \ | |
| -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 |
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