On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 at 20:56, Faiq Ali Sayed <faiqueali....@gmail.com> wrote: > > The image I am using is currently in use for real hardware, and > I received it from a third party/vendor.
OK, so what exactly is the real hardware it's for? > Could you please suggest to me what I can do now? If QEMU has a model of the hardware the image is for: - use that QEMU machine type (and issues with getting it running will be related to making sure you're loading it at the right address and starting it the way it wants to be started) If QEMU does not have a model of the hardware the image is for: - ask your vendor for a build that targets some machine QEMU does have a model of Unfortunately in general in the Arm world guest OSes are not "runs on anything", but only "runs on the hardware they were built to run on". This remains true under emulation. thanks -- PMM