raspberry-pi-qemu/Readme.md

Raspberry Pi BullsEye arm64 Virtual machine Installation Guide

Tested on Windows 10 22H2 19045.3448

Prerequisites

1. qemu https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-qemu
2. DiskInternals Linux Reader https://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/
3. Raspberry Pi OS image

Installation

1. Install qemu and Linux Reader
2. Download Raspberry Pi OS image zip archive and extract it
3. Open Linux Reader, click Drives -> Mount Image and choose the path to image .img file
4. In Volumes section open FAT32 Volume 2 (boot)
5. Select both bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb and kernel8.img -> right click -> Save
6. Move to qemu installation directory (C:\ProgramFiles\qemu by default) the following files:
   • bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb
   • kernel8.img
   • 2022-01-28-raspios-bullseye-arm64
   • run_raspberry_pi.bat

Launching

1. In qemu installation directory open CMD as Admin
2. Type in run_raspberry_pi.bat and run. This will open qemu virtual machine and launch Raspberry Pi OS. This may take up to 5 minutes
3. When Raspberry Pi is launched, in CMD type in the following credentials:

login: pi
password: raspberry

Now you should be able to enter Linux/RaspberryPi commands in CMD window