VMs

HOW-TO

To start (or create) a VM, go in the desired folder and run

$ ./run.sh [OPTS]

You can pass qemu flags (see QEMU(1)) to ./run.sh directly or you can make theses flags permanent by editing run.sh (current VM only) or lib.sh (all VMs).

Headless

For a headless VM, just remove the -vga and -audio flags from lib.sh.
To start the VM in the background: ./run.sh & disown

CPU/RAM limit

The CPU flag is not set by default, see QEMU(1) for default values.
Default RAM flag: -m "2G,maxmem=$((HOST_RAM - 2))G".

./run.sh -smp "${NB_CPUS},maxcpus=${MAX_CPUS}" \
         -m "${RAM}G,maxmem=${MAX_RAM}G"

Port forwarding

To forward host port 2222 to guest port 22:

./run.sh -nic user,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22

USB passthrough

If you need USB passthrough, uncomment and fill in the corresponding line in run.sh. You may need root privileges.

Windows installation

Shift+F10 to open cmd.exe

D:
pnputil /add-driver amd64\{version}\*.inf /install

diskpart
> list disk
> sel disk 0
> convert gpt
> create par efi size=100
> create par primary
> sel par 1
> format fs=fat32 quick
> assign letter=G:
> sel par 2
> format fs=ntfs quick
> assign letter=C:
> exit

E:
cd sources
dism /get-imageinfo /imagefile:install.wim
dism /apply-image /imagefile:install.wim /index:2 /applydir:C:
dism /image:C:\ /add-driver /driver:D:\amd64\{version}\viostor.inf
bcdboot C:\windows /s G: /f UEFI

See also

https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu