# Launch emulator: qemu-system-ppc64 \ -device virtio-net,netdev=ppcnet0 \ -device virtio-scsi-pci,id=scsi0 \ -drive file=ppc64.qcow2,discard=unmap,aio=native,cache=none,if=none,id=hda \ -device scsi-hd,drive=hda,bus=scsi0.0 \ -netdev user,id=ppcnet0,hostfwd=::2222-:22 \ -nographic -vga none # root/root, user/user ssh -p 2222 user@127.0.0.1 # Install yourself - Find the unofficial port boot CD on https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/9.0/ppc64/iso-cd/ - Add this flag to qemu: -cdrom debian-9.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso - Ensure that you have a ext2 /boot (this was my biggest issue, yaboot doesn't boot from 64bit ext4)