qemu-system-i386 -m 512 -hda windows_xp.qcow2 -cdrom win_xp_pro.iso -boot d -cpu pentium3 -net nic,model=rtl8139 Use code with caution. Allocates 512MB of RAM (more than enough for XP).

Use the qemu-img tool to create the image. qemu-img create -f qcow2 winxp.qcow2 20G

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qemu-system-i386 -m 512 -hda windows_xp.qcow2 -cdrom win_xp_pro.iso -boot d -cpu pentium3 -net nic,model=rtl8139 Use code with caution. Allocates 512MB of RAM (more than enough for XP).

Use the qemu-img tool to create the image. qemu-img create -f qcow2 winxp.qcow2 20G windows xpqcow2