This is what I always do: ; pkg_add qemu ; pkg_add tigervnc ; fetch https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current /amd64/iso-cd/debian-13.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso ; dd if=/dev/zero of=debian13.img bs=1M count=16000 ; qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -smp cpus=1,cores=1 \ -drive format=raw,file=debian13.img \ -cdrom debian-13.1.0-amd64-netinst.iso -boot d \ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=network0 \ -netdev user,id=network0,hostfwd=tcp::2001-:22 \ -serial telnet:localhost:4321,server,nowait \ -display vnc=:1
And, in a second terminal: ; vncviewer :1 Or later ; ssh -p 2001 root@localhost > Joseph A Borg <[email protected]> hat am 17.10.2025 10:45 CEST geschrieben: > > > good day all, > > I’m trying to set up a linux vm but I’m stuck on console. Tried Alpine and > debian. > > By the looks of it, booting over console is flakey and I’m getting a lot a > feeling that it’s not well supported. It’s a great academic exercise but I > also need it to work reliably. My best case was to have a vm running some > software I cannot install in OpenBSD in lieu of having a machine solely for > that purpose. The vm will mostly be accessed through ssh and run as needed. > > Is this a reliable strategy? I’m interested in learning how vm works but I > also need that a linux flavour works reliably. Preferably debian. Any > suggestions? > > regards
