----- Original Message ----- > > I'm trying to install an aarch64 guest VM on F32 x86-64 host. > > > > I created a suitably large disk image, then proceeded to: > > <snip> > > > I surmize that arm-image-installer expected a real /dev to write to, > > instead of what is effectively a plain fie, so it failed to mount the disk > > image. I suppose that what it needs to do is a loopback mount, instead. Is > > there a way to do this? > > The sole reason for arm-image-installer is to set up the device > specific firmware if the devices require it to been on the same media > as the OS. This is not the case with virt as it has dedicated > tianocore firmware which is in a completely separate location to the > OS virtual disk image. > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Virt_ARM_on_x86
The AArch64 page is here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Virt_AArch64_on_x86 Paul > > You should be able to basically un xz it and follow the instructions > linked above. > _______________________________________________ > arm mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ arm mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]
