Architectures/AArch64/Install with QEMU

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

• Fedora 22 host or later is required
• Grab the latest qemu-system-aarch64, libvirt, and virt-manager
• Grab UEFI builds for QEMU and AARCH64: sudo dnf install edk2-aarch64 (fedora 23 & newer)
  • Note: These bits are not part of fedora 22 and older 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: sudo dnf install edk2.git-aarch64

Installing F23 aarch64 from URL

• This example uses the F23 aarch64 install tree. The virt-install command is:

 sudo ./virt-install \
   --name f23-aarch64-urlinst --ram 2048 --arch aarch64 \
   --boot uefi --disk size=8 \
   --location https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/23/Server/aarch64/os/

Installing F23 aarch64 from CDROM

• Grab the ISO:
  • This example uses the F23 aarch64 install DVD: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/23/Server/aarch64/iso/Fedora-Server-DVD-aarch64-23.iso
  • Move it to /var/lib/libvirt/images
  • From the virt-manager.git checkout, run:

 sudo ./virt-install \
   --name f23-aarch64-cdrom --ram 2048 --arch aarch64 \
   --boot uefi --disk size=8 --os-variant fedora22 \
   --cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/Fedora-Server-DVD-aarch64-23.iso