Running virtual linux using qemu on windows

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I am trying to use Qemu 1.3 for windows to run lubuntu on a USB stick with Windows 7. After downloading and unpacking Qemu on my usb stick, if I click on qemu.io.exe, I get

qemu-io.exe>

How do I start my downloaded linux .iso file? It sounds basic but its not clear to me from the Qemu website.

manpreet 2 years ago

@echo off
rem ==================================
rem Replace with your values
rem ==================================
set "QEMUDIR=%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Warez\qemu-2.8.0-win64"

rem ==================================
rem Safety net
rem ==================================
if not exist hda.img (
    rem CREATE a virtual hard disk 
    %QEMUDIR%\qemu-img.exe create hda.img 40G
) else (
    echo file hda.img already exist. Delete or move and try again.
    goto:eof
)