#!/usr/bin/env bash # Special thanks to: # https://github.com/Leoyzen/KVM-Opencore # https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore/ # https://github.com/qemu/qemu/blob/master/docs/usb2.txt # # qemu-img create -f qcow2 windows_hdd.img 512G # # echo 1 > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/ignore_msrs (this is required) # # wget https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.208-1/virtio-win-0.1.208.iso # # https://github.com/virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts/blob/master/README.md # https://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/qxl-wddm-dod/qxl-wddm-dod-0.21/ # # Pass the SSD (USB disk) to the VM: # (qemu) device_add usb-host,vendorid=0x174c,productid=0x55aa ############################################################################ # NOTE: Tweak the "MY_OPTIONS" line in case you are having booting problems! ############################################################################ MY_OPTIONS="+ssse3,+sse4.2,+popcnt,+avx,+aes,+xsave,+xsaveopt,check" # This script works for Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra. Tested with # macOS 10.15.6, macOS 10.14.6, and macOS 10.13.6 ALLOCATED_RAM="8192" # MiB CPU_SOCKETS="1" CPU_CORES="16" CPU_THREADS="16" REPO_PATH="." OVMF_DIR="." # This causes high cpu usage on the *host* side # qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 3072 -cpu Penryn,vendor=GenuineIntel,+invtsc,vmware-cpuid-freq=on,hypervisor=off,vmx=on,kvm=off,$MY_OPTIONS\ # shellcheck disable=SC2054 args=( -enable-kvm -m "$ALLOCATED_RAM" -cpu host,kvm=on,+invtsc,vmware-cpuid-freq=on,"$MY_OPTIONS" -machine q35 -smp "$CPU_THREADS",cores="$CPU_CORES",sockets="$CPU_SOCKETS" -device qemu-xhci -device usb-kbd -device usb-tablet -device ich9-intel-hda -device hda-duplex -boot d -drive if=pflash,format=raw,readonly=on,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_CODE.fd" -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file="$REPO_PATH/$OVMF_DIR/OVMF_VARS-1024x768.fd" -drive file="$REPO_PATH/windows.iso",media=cdrom # Win10_21H2_English_x64.iso from Microsoft works great -drive file="$REPO_PATH/virtio-win-0.1.208.iso",media=cdrom -drive if=virtio,index=0,file="$REPO_PATH/windows_hdd.img",format=qcow2 # -netdev tap,id=net0,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -device e1000e,netdev=net0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c9:18:27 -netdev user,id=net0 -device e1000e,netdev=net0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:c9:18:27 -monitor stdio -vga qxl # https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2021/05/qemu-cut-paste/ # https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/QEMU/Windows_guest ) qemu-system-x86_64 "${args[@]}"