在Apple Silicon（M1）Mac上安装基于x86的PintOS

Problems

I’m now currently using MacBook Pro 14-inch 2021 which uses Apple Silicon (based on Aarch64).

While the .ovi image given by our professor is based on x86_64.

VMWare Fusion 13 can run on Apple Silicon Mac, but can not run x86 virtual machines.

Oracle VirtualBox 7 beta can run also run on Apple Silicon Mac (Using rosetta), but can not create x86 virtual machines.

After several hours trying, I finally find a proper way to solve this problem.

Preparation

• Install UTM for Mac (actually it is also available for iOS and iPadOS) [LINK]
• PintOS.ova / PintOS.qcow2 (EXCELLENT!!! 👐)

Step1 Convert .ova into .qcow2

Run in Terminal:

brew install qemu

tar -xvf OS.ova

qemu-img convert -O qcow2 Ubuntu-disk001.vmdk PintOS.qcow2

Now, we only need the PintOS.qcow2 file, everything else from .ova is not needed any more.

Step2 Create the Machine

• Open UTM.
  
• Choose ‘Create a New Virtual Machine’
  
• Choose ‘Emulate’
  
• Choose ‘Other’ and pick ‘Skip ISO boot’
  
• Deploy as much Memory and CPU Cores as you can. Reference: my MacBook is 8 Cores + 16 GB.
  
• For storage, I guess for learning purpose, 64GB is enough.
  
• Choose a shared folder if needed.
  
• Name your machine and done.
• Right click your machine and edit.
  
  • System - ✅Force Multicore
  • QEMU - ❌UEFI Boot
  • Display - ✅Retina Display
  • New Drive - NVMe - Choose the PintOS.qcow2 file.
  • Save settings.

Step3 Boot the Machine

• Run and press <ESC> immediately.
  
• Press 2 to choose NVMe option.
• Pray for the success!!!

Done!