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[https://www.qemu.org/ QEMU] is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. | |||
== Install == | == Install == | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang=nix> | |||
environment = { | |||
systemPackages = [ pkgs.qemu ]; | systemPackages = [ pkgs.qemu ]; | ||
}; | }; | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
=== Quick EMU === | |||
Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands. | |||
https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash> | |||
quickget windows 11 | |||
quickemu --vm windows-11.conf | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
== Booting UEFI == | == Booting UEFI == | ||
To boot UEFI systems using | To boot UEFI systems using QEMU, the UEFI firmware replacing the BIOS implementation needs to be provided while starting QEMU. | ||
The following installs a script, that always starts QEMU with OVMF firmware implementing UEFI support. | The following installs a script, that always starts QEMU with OVMF firmware implementing UEFI support. | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang=nix> | |||
environment = { | environment = { | ||
(pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "qemu-system-x86_64-uefi" '' | systemPackages = [ | ||
(pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "qemu-system-x86_64-uefi" '' | |||
qemu-system-x86_64 \ | |||
-bios ${pkgs.OVMF.fd}/FV/OVMF.fd \ | |||
"$@" | |||
'') | |||
]; | |||
}; | }; | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
qcow-efi images generated from [https://github.com/nix-community/nixos-generators nixos-generators] require more RAM than the default 128MB. Failing to provide enough RAM results in grub reporting "error: start_image() returned 0x800000000000009." or systemd-boot reporting "Failed to execute NixOS: Out of resources". | |||
[[Category:Virtualization]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:11, 18 June 2024
QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.
Install
environment = {
systemPackages = [ pkgs.qemu ];
};
Quick EMU
Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands.
https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
quickget windows 11
quickemu --vm windows-11.conf
Booting UEFI
To boot UEFI systems using QEMU, the UEFI firmware replacing the BIOS implementation needs to be provided while starting QEMU.
The following installs a script, that always starts QEMU with OVMF firmware implementing UEFI support.
environment = {
systemPackages = [
(pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "qemu-system-x86_64-uefi" ''
qemu-system-x86_64 \
-bios ${pkgs.OVMF.fd}/FV/OVMF.fd \
"$@"
'')
];
};
qcow-efi images generated from nixos-generators require more RAM than the default 128MB. Failing to provide enough RAM results in grub reporting "error: start_image() returned 0x800000000000009." or systemd-boot reporting "Failed to execute NixOS: Out of resources".