Qemu-system-x86_64 -hda kali.qcow2 -boot d -m 2G -usb -machine q35 -cpu max -smp cores=8,threads=1,sockets=1 &Ĭongratualtions! You are running Kali Linux on your Apple M1 Mac. Since you still have the installation cd-rom image mounted, you will come back to the start of the installation wizard after rebooting. Once the installation completes the system will reboot. Depending on the installation contents you can expect this to take hours to complete. This will launch a QEMU window to kickoff your Kali Linux installation.

Qemu-system-x86_64 -hda kali.qcow2 -boot d -cdrom -m 2G -usb -machine pc Start QEMU with the Kali installer mounted as a CD ROM Copy the Kali Linux 64-bit installation image to the same dorectory.qemu-img create -f qcow2 kali.qcow2 30G.That's why! :) Create a directory for your installation and initialise a QEMU virtual vard disk Why x86 64-bit and not the Apple M1 installer?! Because I was not able to get the Kali Linux Applie M1 installer running using QEMU. Pick the installer that matches your need from the 64-bit section.Since VirtualBox doesn't suport Apple M1, QEMU is increasingly becoming a go-to option for running other operating system UIs.īrew install qemu Download Kali Linux 64-bit installation image

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer ( ). I'm currently tweaking the QEMU startup command, experimenting with different parameters. The performance part is a work in progress. The aim is to get Kali Linux running on an Apple M1 Macbook Air with QEMU with a reasonable level of performance.

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