ALT Mobile Virtual Machine
Installing ALT Mobile on a Virtual Machine
Downloading the ALT Mobile Image
The image of the ALT Mobile operating system can be downloaded from [ftp](http://beta.altlinux.org/mobile/sisyphus/latest /). Select a format image containing un-def in the name, for example — alt-mobile-phosh-un-def-20240926-x86_64.img.xz
Unzip the downloaded image to a place convenient for you
Note: For virtualization purposes, an image with the architecture x86_64 is required. Images for the aarch64 and risc-v architectures are also supported and can be used in a similar way.
Configuration and Launch in Qemu
With Acceleration (Qemu-KVM)
- Install Qemu-KVM:
apt-get install /usr/bin/qemu-kvm- Start the system as a regular user (not as root):
kvm -m 4G -k en-gb -hda /path/to/image.imgHere:
kvm- indicates that it is run using qemu-kvm-m 4G- 4 GB of RAM will be allocated for the machine-k en-gb- an English keyboard layout will be used-hda /path/to/image.img- путь к нашему образу
Instructions for running images for aarch64 and riscv64
- To work with the graphical interface, install and use remote-viewer:
apt-get install /usr/bin/remote-viewer
remote-viewer vnc://localhost:5900Without Acceleration
- Install Qemu and the SDL interface:
apt-get install qemu-system-x86 qemu-ui-sdl- Start the system as a regular user:
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 4G -k en-gb -hda /path/to/image.img -smp cpus=4 -net userHere:
qemu-system-x86_64- indicates that we are emulating an x86_64 computer-m 4G- 4 GB of RAM will be allocated for the machine-k en-gb- an English keyboard layout will be used-hda /path/to/image.img- path to our image-smp cpus=4- 4 CPU cores will be used-net user- the computer's network will be used
Result
After launching the system in QEMU, you will be able to control the ALT Mobile interface using the mouse, simulating finger input, as well as enter characters from a physical keyboard. Note that when using a virtual machine, access to hardware functions like telephony, camera, and other devices will be limited. Nonetheless, the virtual machine is an excellent tool for adapting and testing applications under the ALT Mobile interface.
Additional
Standard Account Information
- Default logins: root:
root, password:altlinux; user:altlinux, password:271828.
Contributors
Oleg Shchavelev
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Maxim Slipenko