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Raspberry Pi Emulator for Windows 10

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In this article, you are going to learn how to run Raspbian on your Windows 10 PC.

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Step 1: What You'll Need

1. QEMU
2. Compatible Kernel
3. Raspbian
4. Windows 10
5. Keyboard
6. 7Zip

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Step 2: Download QEMU

Go to http://qemu.weilnetz.de/w32/

Select the 32-bit folder.

Click on the version with the most recent modify date.

When it downloads, use 7zip to extract it’s contents into a folder.

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Step 3: Download the Kernel

Go to https://github.com/dhruvvyas90/qemu-rpi-kernel

Select the most recent file.

Click on the “Download” at the left of “History”

After it downloads, place the file inside the folder where you extracted the QEMU.

Step 4: Download Raspbian

Go to http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/

Click on “Downloads” Select “Raspbian”

Download the Pixel desktop version.

After it downloads, extract the contents on the same folder where you extracted QEMU.

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Step 5: Set Up the Emulator

Get inside the folder where you extracted Raspbian, Save the file and close it.
QEMU and placed the Kernel.
Type “cmd” on the address bar to start up the
Create a new text file and name it “start.bat” command prompt.

Right click on it and press “Edit” In the command prompt, type “start.bat”

Type in “qemu-system-arm -kernel kernel-qemu- Type in “sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/90-qemu.rules”

4.4.34-jessie -cpu arm1176 -m 256 -M versatilepb -
no-reboot -serial stdio -append “root=/dev/sda2
panic=1 rootfstype=ext4 rw init=/bin/bash” -drive
“file=2017-03-02-raspbian-
jessie.img,index=0,media=disk,format=raw” -redir
tcp:2222::22²
Press “Enter” Type in “KERNEL==”sda”,
SYMLINK+=”mmcblk0² KERNEL==”sda?”,
SYMLINK+=”mmcblk0p%n” KERNEL==”sda2²,
SYMLINK+=”root””
Press “Ctrl X” “Y” “Enter”

Close the emulator. Press “Enter”

Go to the “start.bat” file. A small error will appear, but the resizing will take
effect.
Delete the line “init=/bin/bash””
Type in “start.bat”
Save and close the file.
Press “Enter”
In the cmd, type in “qemu-img.exe resize 2017-03-02-
raspbian-jessie.img +4G”

Step 6: Optimize the Emulator

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Once it loads, open up the Terminal. Type “P”

Type in “sudo fdisk/dev/sda” Press “Enter”

Press “Enter” You’ll be asked for the first sector of the partition, type
in the number you see on the first partition +1. IE:
Type “P” 20298 + 1 = 20299

Press “Enter” Press “Enter”

Type “D” When it ask for the last sector, press “Enter” to use
the whole ammount of the image.
Press “Enter”
Type “W”
Type “2”
Press “Enter”
Press “Enter”
You’ll get a message stating that the creation of the
Type “N” partition failed, shut down the emulator for the
changes to take effect.
Press “Enter”

In the cmd, start the emulator by starting the “Yes”

“start.bat” file.
Congratulations, you’ve just installed Raspbian on
Get inside the Terminal of Raspbian once it loads. your Windows 10 PC via QEMU, configured it,
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Type in “sudo resize2fs /dev/sda2”
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Type in “sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile”

Press “Enter”

Go down to where it says “conf_swapsize=100” and

change the “100” to “1024”

Press “Ctrl X” “Y” and “Enter”

Type in “sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile stop”

Press “Enter”

Type in “sudo /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile start”

Go to “Raspberry Pi Configuration”
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Click on “Enabled”

Locate “SSH” and press “Enable”

Click on “Performance”

On “Overclock”, select “Tubo (1000GHz)”

EXTRA: You can go to Localization and select your

country of residence or the country you prefer and
then click on “Keyboard” to change your keyboard
settings.

Press “OK” to save all of your changes.

Shut down the Emulator.

Open it again via cmd using the “start.bat”

If you turned on SSH, you’ll see a warning, click on

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