

Step 7: Reboot without Ubuntu ISO attached When asked to remove the installation medium, power off the machine and in the next step we’ll adjust the command to power on the VM without the CD-ROM attached. Wait for the installation to complete then click Restart Now. Specify your username, machine name and password then click Continue.

Select Erase disk and install Ubuntu then click Install Now. Select Minimal installation and then click Continue. Select your language and keyboard layout. Hopefully if everything went to plan with the above command you should be presented with the Ubuntu installer. Once the install is finished, run the following command to make sure QEMU is installed and ready for the next steps: qemu-system-x86_64 -versionĬopyright (c) 2003-2020 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developersĪs you can see, as of writing, the latest version is 5.1.0 With Homebrew installed, run the following command to install QEMU. You’ll need to do that first by following the Homebrew installation guide. We’re gonna use Homebrew to install QEMU, so if you haven’t got Homebrew installed on your machine. You don’t have to do this but it will make following this tutorial easier. This tutorial will show you how to create a Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 virtual machine and run it on macOS with QEMU and hardware acceleration.īefore we begin, I suggest you create a folder on your Mac to store the virtual machine disk image, the Ubuntu ISO and startup script. Perfect for development environments and practice labs. Run Linux, macOS, vSphere and more on a single PC or Mac.

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