Add GUI QEMU Host in GNS3

Today I’ll show you how to add graphical host in GNS3 using Qemu. We’ll be using tinycore which is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, Tiny X, and Fltk. Tiny Core includes ssh, iptables, iproute, tcpdump and IPv6 support. It is quite well integrated and doesn't require much tuning. This is a graphical version of Microcore linux image, we used in previous tutorial  Add Qemu host in GNS3 .

Download Tinycore Linux Qemu image
Tinycore Linux 2.11.5 Qemu image can be downloaded separately from here.

Setup image for Qemu hostTinycore

Go to Edit | Preferences | Qemu | Qemu Host

Setup new image with following properties
  • Identifier: tiny_core
  • image: local path to linux-tinycore-2.11.5.img
  • Memory: 64 MB
  • NIC: e1000
  • Qemu options: -no-acpi


Press Save and just added image will appear into Qemu Host images list.

Drag Host >> Select Name >> Right Click >> Start


Watch Tinycore in Action here.




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