qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1536 -hda ~/vms/winxp.qcow2 -vnc :1
qemu-system-i386 -m 512 -hda winxp.qcow2 -cdrom winxp_setup.iso -boot d -cpu pentium3 -net nic,model=rtl8139 -net user Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard : Allocates 512MB of RAM (plenty for XP). windows xp qcow2
10G is the maximum size; you can adjust this based on your needs. 3. Launch the Installation qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1536 -hda ~/vms/winxp
qemu-img convert -f vdi -O qcow2 source.vdi windows-xp.qcow2 # or qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 source.vmdk windows-xp.qcow2 sudo dnf install qemu-kvm qemu-img libvirt virt-manager List
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sudo dnf install qemu-kvm qemu-img libvirt virt-manager
List snapshots: qemu-img snapshot -l windows-xp.qcow2