[SUCCESS] Virtualize Windows 10 for ARM on M1 with Alexander Graf's qemu hypervisor patch

[Susurs]

How to increase drive size. C: seems to be around 25GB?

 

[netkas]

How to increase drive size. C: seems to be around 25GB?

if you go few pages back - you will find the answer, or use search with word qemu-img.

 

[jido]

There are a couple of things I haven't been able to get working just yet, wondering if anyone else has had luck:

USB pass through - The linux guest will show the device in lsusb, but not in lsblk, and I can't seem to figure out how to get it to show up.

On Mac:

macbookair:~ kupan787$ lsusb
Bus 000 Device 002: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corporation Ultra  Serial: 4C530001021027120270
Bus 000 Device 000: ID 0781:5581 SanDisk Corporation USB 3.1 Bus

Then to pass it through I am doing:

-device usb-host,vendorid=0x0781,productid=0x5581

On Linux I see:

View attachment 1693301

So it seems that the VM is seeing the USB device, and recognizing it as the SanDisk that I have connected. Interestingly, on my Mac desktop, the USB disk disappears for a second but then reappears.

Did you "unmount" the drive in MacOS first? (not Eject)

 

[haralds]

You will have to press ESC key at startup to get into BIOS/UEFI menu, there you can change the resolution:

Select "Device Manager":

[...]

I got that to work but the display driver limits Windows resolutions. Ubuntu makes it easy to control it from the OS.

 

[haralds]

any way to get shared local files mac/win10 like in parallels and vm fusion?

You would have to enable SMB file sharing.
I have not been able to get network access to work on my system for some reason - not directly via 10.0.2.15 or with port forwarding in the configuration. Still investigating. But I look unique in that regard.

 

[kupan787]

Did you "unmount" the drive in MacOS first? (not Eject)

I did not. I’ll try that tonight, and see how it goes.

 

[smokeythedoof]

trying to sign into my Microsoft account but I always get "oops an error has occurred"

 

[haralds]

I think you need to use the IP of the Windows Guest (in my case it is 10.0.2.15...your's might be different).

This is REALLY puzzling. I have checked the guest addresses and they do start at 10.0.2.15 with the first instance and then increment. I have also tried the forwarding, which looks straight forward. But the host does not detect the ports even just scanning. I am using macOS 11.1, but that should not make a difference. Let me know, if you have other ideas.
I was able to start connecting to ssh in my Ubuntu client. It got the key, but I was unable to log in. Then the system started freezing. Just doing command line login ssd was no longer running even after reboot.
Guess it's all shaky still. But at least there was a socket connect to 10.0.2.15.

 

[kupan787]

Did you "unmount" the drive in MacOS first? (not Eject)

So I just tried this, and still no luck.

Has anyone gotten usb pass through to work with qemu yet?

 

[tdar]

So I built a blank 50gb qcow2 drive and set it as the system drive. Then I downloaded via UU the latest build of Windows on Arm (21277). After building the ISO, I set it into a VM with 4 cores and 8gb of memory.
Then I installed Windows and did all of my normal configurations. I logged into my Office 365 account and installed the 32 bit version of office. I'm extremely surprised how good the performance of this is. I have attached a video of opening excel. Please excuse the shaking!

....

 

[dsTny]

Hi all,

I sometimes have to develop Windows applications (C# .NET Framework / C# .Net Core Desktop x64) and just wanted to know if anyone out there tried the new windows on arm with x64 emulation and Visual Studio 2019? Is it fast and responsive (maybe with a short video if you've the time for that )?
Currently, I use Parallels for those days but I find Visual Studio slow and unresponsive (in my opinion Visual Studio actually is quite slow compared to other IDEs, but in Parallels I find that the performance isn't quite well). I think about buying the Apple Mini with M1 chip if it performs well with my case.

 

[Gnattu]

Hi all,

I sometimes have to develop Windows applications (C# .NET Framework / C# .Net Core Desktop x64) and just wanted to know if anyone out there tried the new windows on arm with x64 emulation and Visual Studio 2019? Is it fast and responsive (maybe with a short video if you've the time for that )?
Currently, I use Parallels for those days but I find Visual Studio slow and unresponsive (in my opinion Visual Studio actually is quite slow compared to other IDEs, but in Parallels I find that the performance isn't quite well). I think about buying the Apple Mini with M1 chip if it performs well with my case.

If it's not good enough to you in parallel then it may be not good enough to you on M1 as either.

By the way, you don't need x64 emulation for Visual Studio 2019 because it is still a 32bit app(in Dec. 2020). Ask Microsoft for why.

 

[anonymous888]

So I built a blank 50gb qcow2 drive and set it as the system drive. Then I downloaded via UU the latest build of Windows on Arm (21277). After building the ISO, I set it into a VM with 4 cores and 8gb of memory.
Then I installed Windows and did all of my normal configurations. I logged into my Office 365 account and installed the 32 bit version of office. I'm extremely surprised how good the performance of this is. I have attached a video of opening excel. Please excuse the shaking!
View attachment 1695096
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Is there a way to direct download build (21277) somehow? I am not having success with installing build 20231 and then updating with the insider preview program.

 

[OutOfTea]

Is there a way to direct download build (21277) somehow? I am not having success with installing build 20231 and then updating with the insider preview program.

You can download a generator script on this site and build an ISO on your own. It takes some time, but it is working.

As far as I can see, this is was tdar described.

 

[anonymous888]

You can download a generator script on this site and build an ISO on your own. It takes some time, but it is working.

As far as I can see, this is was tdar described.

I have downloaded the files but am unable to make an ISO. Which script do I need to run? "convert.sh" errors out

 

[tdar]

Is there a way to direct download build (21277) somehow? I am not having success with installing build 20231 and then updating with the insider preview program.

This link will take you to the files.

Summary for Windows 10 Insider Preview 21277.1000 (rs_prerelease) arm64, English (United States), Windows Home, Windows Pro

Download UUP files from Windows Update servers with ease. This project is not affiliated with Microsoft Corporation.

www.uupdump.ml

 

[tdar]

I have downloaded the files but am unable to make an ISO. Which script do I need to run? "convert.sh" errors out

I am afraid that I cheated. I used a Windows 10 system to make the ISO. The Mac script is uup_download_macos.sh

 

[chaoslimits]

So I built a blank 50gb qcow2 drive and set it as the system drive. Then I downloaded via UU the latest build of Windows on Arm (21277). After building the ISO, I set it into a VM with 4 cores and 8gb of memory.
Then I installed Windows and did all of my normal configurations. I logged into my Office 365 account and installed the 32 bit version of office. I'm extremely surprised how good the performance of this is. I have attached a video of opening excel. Please excuse the shaking!
View attachment 1695096
....

Why is that faster than 7th gen i7 work from home workstation (which is faster than my in office workstation)... lol

 

[tdar]

Why is that faster than 7th gen i7 work from home workstation (which is faster than my in office workstation)... lol

Because M1!!

I purposely used the 32 bit Office code because everyone says that the emulator is so bad....How about the hardware they are using is so bad!

 

[Susurs]

How could I export / share a file from W10 arm / ACVM to macOS?

 

[tdar]

How could I export / share a file from W10 arm / ACVM to macOS?

Look back at page 10 of this thread at post 230. It's got the information about how to get SMB networking to work.

 

[Susurs]

I tried running Syberia 3 game which is teoretically not requiring ‘a lot’ of resources on this W10 VM. Does not look ‘acceptable’ at all. Maybe 3~ FPS even when in start meny.

The same game runs a lot faster (FPS) within CrossOver, however it is missing textures there.

I have no Idea whether this OpenGL compatibility pack would be already integrated in to newer preview versions, 2 1277? Or would it be necessary to still install it separately (If we find a way to get it with store not opening)?

 

[Susurs]

Is there any way to open Store app on this VM? Maybe there is some other version of the Store itself?

 

[Susurs]

Look back at page 10 of this thread at post 230. It's got the information about how to get SMB networking to work.

Oh, great!
We shoud somehow put together all these valuable guides on ‘How-to’.

 

[Susurs]

Just for info: Anyone should be successfully able to convert the initial VHDX to qcow2 and resize it. Then UUP dump can be used within the VM to create ISO, and setup can update the system to the latest version from the version launched.