An easy to use wizard-style bash script to run virtual machines with QEMU
Adnan Shameem a9dcdc9e8f free software link added in readme | 5 years ago | |
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qemuh.sh | 5 years ago | |
readme.md | 5 years ago |
A simple, easy to use. step by step bash script to run and test ISOs with QEMU. It can also create launcher scripts automatically so that you can run the same machine later with just double click/execution.
I hope you know that VirtualBox is not Free Software. It has decided to use a BIOS that does not follow the rules of Free Software philosophy.
I used to use AQEMU before. But after QEMU was updated to 3.0, some issues started happening with it and the author did not have the time and resources to fix it. After waiting for some times I saw no progress. So I made this myself to help in my QEMU adventures!
~/Downloads
)cd
to the directory and make it executable. (e.g. cd ~/Downloads && chmod +x qemuh.sh
)./qemuh.sh
It will ask some questions. Each step is almost self explanatory. When it asks for the ISO, just open the folder with ISO and drag and drop the file into your terminal window, then press enter.
You can optionally run with -s
command line parameter to save a launcher script, so that you don't have to enter all the information again and again:
./qemuh.sh -s kubuntu-launcher.sh
This will save the command for launching QEMU with the specific command. You can just run the script next time (or if you have run mechanism setup in your file manager then double click) to launch the machine.
I have further plans to include a step to create a hard disk image with size input etc. If this is implemented, who needs VirtualBox? ;)
License: CC0 - do whatever you want with it - no attribution needed - no restrictions attached