$ sudo apt install -y qemu-utils qemu-system-mips qemu-system-gui
$ mkdir -p ~/qemu/mips ~/qemu/mipsel
$ curl -o ~/qemu/mips/initrd.gz -L http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-mips/current/images/malta/netboot/initrd.gz
$ curl -o ~/qemu/mips/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta -L http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-mips/current/images/malta/netboot/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta
$ qemu-img create -f qcow2 ~/qemu/mips/debian.buster.qcow 32G
$ curl -o ~/qemu/mipsel/initrd.gz -L http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-mipsel/current/images/malta/netboot/initrd.gz
$ curl -o ~/qemu/mipsel/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta -L http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/main/installer-mipsel/current/images/malta/netboot/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta
$ qemu-img create -f qcow2 ~/qemu/mipsel/debian.buster.qcow 32G
$ qemu-system-mips -nographic \
-m 512 -cpu 24Kc -M malta \
-initrd ~/qemu/mips/initrd.gz \
-append "root=/dev/sda1 nokaslr" \
-hda ~/qemu/mips/debian.buster.qcow \
-kernel ~/qemu/mips/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta
$ qemu-system-mipsel -nographic \
-m 512 -cpu 24Kc -M malta \
-initrd ~/qemu/mipsel/initrd.gz \
-append "root=/dev/sda1 nokaslr" \
-hda ~/qemu/mipsel/debian.buster.qcow \
-kernel ~/qemu/mipsel/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta
Follow the installation wizards to complete.
After the installation is complete, to exit from QEMU, use Ctrl + A
, then press X
.
$ sudo modprobe nbd max_part=8
$ sudo qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 ~/qemu/mips/debian.buster.qcow
$ sudo mount /dev/nbd0p1 /media
$ cp /media/boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta ~/qemu/mips
$ sudo umount /media
$ sudo qemu-nbd --disconnect /dev/nbd0
$ sudo qemu-nbd --connect=/dev/nbd0 ~/qemu/mipsel/debian.buster.qcow
$ sudo mount /dev/nbd0p1 /media
$ cp /media/boot/initrd.img-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta ~/qemu/mipsel
$ sudo umount /media
$ sudo qemu-nbd --disconnect /dev/nbd0
$ qemu-system-mips -nographic \
-cpu 24Kc -M malta -m 2048 \
-append root=/dev/sda1 \
-hda ~/qemu/mips/debian.buster.qcow \
-kernel ~/qemu/mips/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta \
-initrd ~/qemu/mips/initrd.img-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta
$ qemu-system-mipsel -nographic \
-cpu 24Kc -M malta -m 2048 \
-append root=/dev/sda1 \
-hda ~/qemu/mipsel/debian.buster.qcow \
-kernel ~/qemu/mipsel/vmlinux-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta \
-initrd ~/qemu/mipsel/initrd.img-4.19.0-21-4kc-malta