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[xeno74]

Building of qemu-system-ppc64:

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./configure --disable-download --target-list=ppc64-softmmu

With gui and network support:

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./configure --disable-download --target-list=ppc64-softmmu --enable-vhost-net --enable-slirp --enable-gtk

[xeno74]

Access to a physical and virtual DVD drive with Linux PPC in a virtual e5500 QEMU VM

Access to a physical DVD drive:

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qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 4096 -kernel uImage-6.15 -drive format=raw,file=void-live-powerpc-20230317.img,index=0,if=virtio -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device virtio-net,netdev=mynet0 -append "root=/dev/vda" -device virtio-gpu-pci -device virtio-mouse-pci -device virtio-keyboard-pci -smp 4 -device virtio-scsi-pci -device scsi-hd,drive=hd0 -drive file=/dev/sr0,format=raw,id=hd0,if=none,unit=0 -device scsi-generic,drive=cd0 -drive file=/dev/sg1,format=raw,id=cd0,if=none,unit=1

Access to a virtual DVD drive (-cdrom doesn't work with an e5500 VM):

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qemu-system-ppc64 -M ppce500 -cpu e5500 -m 8192 -kernel linux-image-6.15.0-rc6-X1000_e5500/e5500/uImage-6.15 -drive format=raw,file=void-live-powerpc-20230317.img,index=0,if=virtio -append "root=/dev/vda" -smp 4 -netdev user,id=mynet0 -device virtio-net,netdev=mynet0 -device virtio-mouse-pci -device virtio-keyboard-pci -drive file=disk.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none,id=nvme,index=1 -device nvme,serial=deadbeef,drive=nvme -device virtio-gpu-pci -drive file=LinuxWelt_XXL_2025-2.iso,format=raw,readonly=on,id=cdrom0,if=none -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0 -device scsi-cd,bus=scsi0.0,drive=cdrom0

[xeno74]

Creating a disk image:

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qemu-img create -f qcow2 cfcard.qcow2 2G

Using the new disk image:

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… -drive id=disk,file=cfcard.qcow2,format=qcow2,if=none -device ahci,id=ahci -device ide-cf,drive=disk,bus=ahci.0

[mintppc]

Can you install Debian in such an emulated e5500 with a Debian ppc installer image?

[xeno74]

Can you install Debian in such an emulated e5500 with a Debian ppc installer image?

I haven’t tried it yet.

@All

FYI: Configuration of QEMU’s SMB server:

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-netdev user,id=mynet0,smb=/srv/smb/ -device virtio-net,netdev=mynet0

vim /tmp/qemu-smb.<random string>/smb.conf