Step 4 — If BIN is a firmware archive (compressed filesystem + kernel)
qemu-system-x86_64 \ -machine pc \ -cpu host \ -m 512 \ -kernel c7200-advsecurityk9-mz.152-4.S6.bin \ -append "console=ttyS0" \ # Redirect console to serial -drive file=cisco-flash.qcow2,if=ide,format=qcow2 \ -serial stdio \ -netdev user,id=net0 -device e1000,netdev=net0 convert cisco bin to qcow2
Cisco provides official .qcow2 images for their virtual routing platforms: Step 4 — If BIN is a firmware
This command starts a QEMU session with the Cisco IOS image as the hard disk image. id=net0 -device e1000
Converting a Cisco is a common request for running Cisco images in virtual environments like Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) Feature: Automated Cisco Image Converter