cdrom points to the iso image of the operating system that will be installed on the VM and -drive points to the virtual disk created in the first step. The -m and -smp switches specify how much memory and cpu on the host is to be reserved for the guest VM. Since this guide is for Intel based Macs, the command used is qemu-system-x86_64. Now that the virtual disk is ready, the next step is to install the operating system onto it. qemu-img create -f qcow2 mydisk.qcow2 15G Install the OS The format of the disk image is qcow2 and the size of the disk is 15 GB. # Homebrew brew install qemu # MacPorts sudo port install qemu Create a virtual disk imageĬreate a virtual disk image onto which the OS will be installed. The easiest way to install QEMU on MacOS is via HomeBrew or MacPorts. How to Run a Linux Virtual Machine on MacOS With QEMU Installing QEMU
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