Ubuntu VM for Apple Silicion M1 (ARM)

Get Ubuntu ISO image

Download ARM64 ISO image from https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/jammy/daily-live/current/

Setup new VM

To setup a new VM, run setup-vm.sh. The script takes one argument, namely the name of the qcow2 image the VM should have. The VM always has a hard disk with 30G. The hardware configuration is also hardwired. Please see setup-vm.sh for more information. Adjust it to your needs.

Run VM

To run the VM, run run-vm.sh. The script takes one argument, namely the name of the qcow2 image the VM should have. The hardware configuration is the same as above.

Optional: Get QEmu EFI image

The EFI image is provided in this repository. In case, you need to get it for yourself, follow the steps below

Download qemu efi image for arm64

https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/all/qemu-efi-aarch64/download

Extract QEMU_EFI.fd

ar -x qemu-efi-aarch64_2020.11-2+deb11u1_all.deb

QEMU_EFI.fd resides in the sub archive data.tar.xy in path /usr/share/qemu-efi-aarch64