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qemu-make-debian-root(8)

qemu-make-debian-root8

Create a debian root image for qemu

Usage

qemu-make-debian-root [-k] [-s] size-in-MiB distrib deburl image [files-to-copy-in-/root]

Overview

qemu-make-debian-root is a command to ease the creation of a debian root image for qemu. The generated image is not bootable by itself, and an external kernel is needed. It can be run with a command like:

qemu disk.img -kernel /boot/vmlinuz

Options

-k

Keep file system.

-s

Create a sparse image.

History

  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) to Debian 5.0 (Lenny): the text shown here
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)
  • Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

-k since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -s since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

Author

This manual page was written by Guillem Jover <[email protected]>.

From qemu-utils 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u3 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.