Configuring XML Paths
How to set paths for disk images.
This will not go through the installation process! It simply goes over pointing the Hard Disk image and Install Disk image path, to the correct fields. When stopping/starting the VM, double check the boot device chosen in the XML.
To begin, confirm you have downloaded the correct Install Disks for Snow Leopard.
Let’s begin by updating the Machine Type to the following mac99 with via=pmu flag. We must also enable the USB Controller.
<qemu:arg value="-M"/>
<qemu:arg value="mac99,via=pmu,usb=on"/>
You can now edit the XML paths to define your named Hard Disk image.
In this example image, you can see I named my image Macintosh.img, so you will update the path to reflect that.
<qemu:arg value='-drive'/>
<qemu:arg value='if=none,format=raw,media=disk,id=Macintosh,file=/home/user/DarwinKVM/DiskProvision/Macintosh.img,discard=unmap,detect-zeroes=unmap'/>
You can now modify and update the Install Disk path.
<qemu:arg value='-drive'/>
<qemu:arg value='if=none,format=raw,media=disk,id=Installer,file=/home/user/DarwinKVM/DarwinFetch/downloads/10.5.6_00000/Mac OS X 10.5.6/Mac OS X 10.5.6.iso,discard=unmap,detect-zeroes=unmap'/>
In this example, we point to the OS X 10.5.6 ISO Install Media from DarwinFetch.
This guide does not go over installation! You must change the following section to boot via CD-ROM or Hard Drive depending on what part of the installation process you are on.
<qemu:arg value='-boot'/>
<qemu:arg value='d'/>
We now have to use USB input for Leopard and onwards, so to do so, we can add the following snippet after the -boot snippet.
<qemu:arg value='-device'/>
<qemu:arg value='usb-tablet'/>
<qemu:arg value='-device'/>
<qemu:arg value='usb-kbd'/>