Blog: 2023-09-15
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Setting up debian with qemu
First I made a larger qcow disk than the default cloud image:
qemu-img resize debian-12-larger-disk-amd64.qcow2 10G
Then I ran the installer
virt-install --memory 2048 --vcpus 2 --name qemu-debian-12 --disk debian-12-larger-disk-amd64.qcow2,device=disk,bus=virtio --graphics none --import --os-variant=debian12
When I was all done, I exited with CTRL-] - https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxadmin/comments/5gzdtk/properly_exiting_virtinstall/
Then I can boot the system with:
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda debian-12-larger-disk-amd64.qcow2 -nographic -m 2048
Finally...