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== Get the necessary bits ==
== Get the necessary bits ==


* Grab the latest qemu-system-aarch64
* Grab the latest qemu-system-aarch64, libvirt, and virt-manager
** Minimum required version: [http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=593646 qemu-2.2.0-0.1.rc1.fc22]
* Grab UEFI builds for QEMU and AARCH64: <code>sudo dnf install edk2-aarch64</code>
** Also available in [[Virtualization_Preview_Repository|fedora-virt-preview]] for F21
* Grab libvirt-1.2.9.1-2.fc21 or later. Make sure to restart libvirtd after update
* Grab virt-manager from git
** <code>git clone git://git.fedorahosted.org/virt-manager.git</code>
** To use virt-install from git, just do: <code>cd virt-manager; ./virt-install ...</code>
* Grab UEFI builds for QEMU and AARCH64
** Note: These bits are not part of fedora due to licensing issues. See [[Using_UEFI_with_QEMU#EDK2_Licensing_Issues]] for more info.
** Install Gerd's nightly firmware repo, as described here: https://www.kraxel.org/repos/
** Install the relevant bits: <code>sudo yum install edk2.git-aarch64</code>


== Importing F21 aarch64 disk image ==
== Installing F33 aarch64 from URL ==


* Grab the disk image
* This example uses the F33 aarch64 install tree. The virt-install command is:
** Landing page is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/AArch64/FoundationModelQuickStart
** Latest bits end up here: https://dmarlin.fedorapeople.org/fedora-arm/aarch64/
** This example uses: https://dmarlin.fedorapeople.org/fedora-arm/aarch64/F21-20141017-foundation-v8-RC1.tar.xz
** Extract the image, move it to /var/lib/libvirt/images
* From virt-manager.git checkout, run:
  sudo ./virt-install \
    --name f21-aarch64-import --ram 2048 --arch aarch64 \
    --boot loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,loader=/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw,nvram_template=/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw \
    --os-variant fedora21 --import \
    --disk /var/lib/libvirt/images/F21-20141017-foundation-v8.img
* The guest should start booting. Log in with user=root, password=fedora
* Note: Networking doesn't work automatically for this image, you'll need to change the config inside the VM to use DHCP


== Installing F21 aarch64 from URL ==
  sudo virt-install \
    --name f33-aarch64 --ram 4096 --arch aarch64 \
    --boot uefi --disk size=8 \
    --location https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/33/Server/aarch64/os/


{{admon/warning | This currently doesn't work | There's a backtrace from python-blivet when transitioning to anaconda. Originally reported under bug 1166876, python-blivet is not the culprit; it only exposes a missing feature between QEMU and the guest firmware. Refer to [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.bios.tianocore.devel/11604 this patch] and the dependencies it names.}}
== Installing F33 aarch64 from CDROM ==
 
* This example uses the F21 aarch64 beta install tree: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/21_Beta/Server/aarch64/os/
* From the virt-manager.git checkout, run:
  sudo ./virt-install \
    --name f21-aarch64-urlinst --ram 2048 --arch aarch64 \
    --boot loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,loader=/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw,nvram_template=/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw \
    --disk size=8 \
    --location http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/21_Beta/Server/aarch64/os/
 
== Installing F21 aarch64 from CDROM ==
 
{{admon/warning | This currently doesn't work | The CDROM doesn't automatically boot. The reason is that the installer media was built with a too old version of lorax which didn't create an aarch64 ElTorito EFI boot image.}}


* Grab the ISO:
* Grab the ISO:
** This example uses the F21 aarch64 beta DVD: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/21_Beta/Server/aarch64/iso/Fedora-Server-DVD-aarch64-21_Beta.iso
** This example uses the F33 aarch64 install DVD: https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/33/Server/aarch64/iso/Fedora-Server-dvd-aarch64-33-1.3.iso
** Move it to /var/lib/libvirt/images
** Move it to /var/lib/libvirt/images
** From the virt-manager.git checkout, run:
 
   sudo ./virt-install \
   sudo virt-install \
     --name f21-aarch64-cdrom --ram 2048 --arch aarch64 \
     --name f33-aarch64-cdrom --ram 4096 --arch aarch64 \
     --boot loader_ro=yes,loader_type=pflash,loader=/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/QEMU_EFI-pflash.raw,nvram_template=/usr/share/edk2.git/aarch64/vars-template-pflash.raw \
     --boot uefi --disk size=8 --os-variant fedora33 \
    --disk size=8 --os-variant fedora21 \
     --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/Fedora-Server-dvd-aarch64-33-1.3.iso
     --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/Fedora-Server-DVD-aarch64-21_Beta.iso




[[Category:AArch64]]
[[Category:AArch64]]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 17 December 2020

Installing Fedora aarch64 with QEMU and libvirt

These steps will work on both x86 and aarch64 hardware. If running on actual aarch64 hardware, the virt-install commands should automatically request KVM for maximum performance.

Get the necessary bits

  • Grab the latest qemu-system-aarch64, libvirt, and virt-manager
  • Grab UEFI builds for QEMU and AARCH64: sudo dnf install edk2-aarch64

Installing F33 aarch64 from URL

  • This example uses the F33 aarch64 install tree. The virt-install command is:
 sudo virt-install \
   --name f33-aarch64 --ram 4096 --arch aarch64 \
   --boot uefi --disk size=8 \
   --location https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/33/Server/aarch64/os/

Installing F33 aarch64 from CDROM

 sudo virt-install \
   --name f33-aarch64-cdrom --ram 4096 --arch aarch64 \
   --boot uefi --disk size=8 --os-variant fedora33 \
   --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/Fedora-Server-dvd-aarch64-33-1.3.iso
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