KVM/Qemu Setup

Installing KVM/Qemu: #

Make sure you have KVM/QEMU and Libvirt installed.

Pick your destiny #

There are two ISO images currently available for Malbian Linux.

  • DWM (Latest version)
  • XFCE (Version 1.2)

The DWM versions is the lightest and fastest, but it requires (in my opinion) a little bit more experience to use and configure. The XFCE version is a lot more user friendly and it’s easier to use out of the box.

Create a virtual disk image: #

Move the ISO and set an image where we’ll make the installation:

cd /var/lib/libvirt/images
sudo mv ~/Downloads/malbian_xfce_alpha-bokken-v1-2_x86_64.iso .
sudo qemu-img create -f qcow2 malbianImage.img 30G

Boot Malbian from the ISO: #

Boot Malbian from the ISO:

sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/images/malbian_xfce_alpha-bokken-v1-2_x86_64 -boot menu=on -drive file=malbianImage.img -m 4G -cpu host -smp 2 -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=on

The credentials for the Live Session are malbian:malbian

Install Malbian Linux on disk: #

In the live environment, open a terminal and Run:

sudo calamares

Complete the instalation and now you can boot from disk running:

sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -boot menu=on -drive file=testImage.img -m 4G -cpu host -smp 2 -vga virtio -display sdl,gl=on

With that we completed the installation of Malbian XFCE (Alpha - Bokken).