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Qemu: Please remove the installation medium then press enter

Context

After installing Ubuntu 22.10 on Qemu with:

cd ~/Downloads
qemu-img create ~/Downloads/ubuntu22.img 20G
qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm -m 1024 -machine smm=off -cdrom ~/Downloads/ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso -boot order=d ~/Downloads/ubuntu22.img

QEMU asks: <Please remove installation medium and press enter>.

However, I did not find a button to remove the installation medium.

Question

How can one ensure Ubuntu boots on a fresh installation in QEMU when one is asked: <Please remove installation medium and press enter>?

Attempts

If I power off the device and start it again, it will ask whether one wants to try/install Ubuntu, and it does not boot into the already installed Ubuntu.

Solution

  • One can click power off to turn off the QEMU emulator. Next one can launch the QEMU emulator without the "boot" cdrom option, and directly launch the installed Ubuntu os with:

    qemu-system-x86_64 --enable-kvm -m 1024 -machine smm=off -boot order=d ~/Downloads/ubuntu22.img

    The difference is that the original iso file is ommitted: -cdrom ~/Downloads/ubuntu-22.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso