fqemu

Start qemu virtual machines with a simple fish shell script.

Install QEMU

For x86_64 host this should be enough

Gentoo

Don't forget to enable spice flag for app-emulation/qemu.

# /etc/portage/package.use/qemu
app-emulation/qemu spice

# emerge -av qemu virt-viewer

Chimera Linux

# apk add qemu qemu-img qemu-system-x86_64 cmd:remote-viewer

How to use

Clone this repo

> https://github.com/denisstrizhkin/fqemu.git
> cd fqemu

Create directory for a new vm and copy the script

> mkdir /path/to/vm/dir
> cp fqemu /path/to/vm/dir
> cd /path/to/vm/dir

Setup empty disk and UEFI vars

> ./fqemu setup

Start the vm with mounted iso

> ./fqemu run --gui --iso /path/to/iso

Open spice client

> ./fqemu spice