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Ubuntu VM on MacOS with qemu

  • First get the image:
wget https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04.3/ubuntu-22.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso
  • Create the virtual hard drive on to which the guest OS will be installed:
qemu-img create -f qcow2 ubuntu.qcow2 30g
  • Install the OS referencing the image we downladed and the virtual hard drive we created:
qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -cdrom "ubuntu-22.04.3-live-server-amd64.iso" \
  -hda "ubuntu.qcow2" \
  -m "4G"

An installation window should pop up!

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