To continue, you'll need the following packages installed on your system.

  • Packages/Dependencies:
    • qemu-img
    • qemu-utils
    • modprobe
    • mkfs.fat (usually provided by dosfstools)

You can do so, with the below provided commands. If you do not have access to modprobe, it may not be possible to continue. If you do not see your distribution below, you can install the dependencies as noted above to continue.

Debian based


sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y qemu-utils dosfstools


Red Hat based (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora)


sudo dnf install -y qemu-img dosfstools


Arch based


sudo pacman -Syu qemu dosfstools


Alpine Linux


sudo apk add qemu-img dosfstools


OpenSUSE


sudo zypper install qemu-tools dosfstools


You can now begin on the next page!




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