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diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn index c25b76ab..fe1b7444 100644 --- a/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn +++ b/hurd/running/debian/qemu_image.mdwn @@ -14,23 +14,50 @@ as <https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.ta Usage: -* Install qemu-kvm via your distros packages. -* Download the debian image - $ `wget https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz` -* Unpack it. - $ `tar -xz < debian-hurd.img.tar.gz` -* Run it - $ `kvm -m 1G -drive cache=writeback,file=$(echo debian-hurd-*.img) -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-:22` - # Optionally use --curses to keep your keyboard layout. If need be modprobe kvm_amd, kvm intel and kvm to get kvm support (which is much, much faster). +* Install qemu-kvm via your distribution's package manager (it might just be named qemu) + +* Download the debian image: + +<!-- Codeblocks nested in lists are garbage in Markdown. The only clean way to do this is by adding a comment after every list entry. Sorry about this!--> + + $ wget https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.tar.gz + +* Unpack it: + +<!-- Yes, another comment. I can leave these empty but then again I can fill them. --> + + $ tar -xz < debian-hurd.img.tar.gz + +* Run it: + +<!-- A world in which nobody washes their dishes is a dishtopia --> + + $ kvm -m 1G -drive cache=writeback,file=$(echo debian-hurd-*.img) -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-:22 + * Login as root (the root password is empty) -* set up a root password with passwd + +* Set up a root password with passwd + +Optionally you may use `--curses` to keep your keyboard layout. If need be modprobe kvm_amd, kvm intel and kvm to get kvm support (which is much, much faster). + +Note that if you do not have a command named `kvm`, you can try something across the lines of: + + $ qemu-system-i386 --enable-kvm -drive cche=writeback,file=$(echo debian-hurd-*.img) -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2222-:22 + +Or, if your machine does not allow for KVM acceleration, omit `--enable-kvm` from the command. + + Please also read the README file: <https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/README> +<!-- It is unconventional, in wikis, to write external links like [...](http://...). + Usually a link to an external site should always be fully visible, but I think + people can understand where these lead, but revert if this is a bad idea.--> + If you have troubles extracting the image, you can use -the gz version <https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.gz>, -the zip version <https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.zip>, -or even the plain version <https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img> (5GiB!) +the [gz version](https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.gz), +the [zip version](https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img.zip), +or even the [plain version](https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/latest/hurd-i386/debian-hurd.img) (5GiB!) See the discussion about [[hurd/running/qemu/writeback_caching]]. |