3.6.3. Downloading the Filesystem

You can also download the filesystem image suitable for your target architecture from http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-2.0.2/machines/qemu. Again, be sure to use the filesystem that matches the architecture you want to simulate.

The filesystem image has two tarball forms: ext3 and tar. You must use the ext3 form when booting an image using the QEMU emulator. The tar form can be flattened out in your host development system and used for build purposes with the Yocto Project.

     core-image-profile-qemuarch.ext3
     core-image-profile-qemuarch.tar.bz2

     Where:
         profile is the filesystem image's profile:
                   lsb, lsb-dev, lsb-sdk, lsb-qt3, minimal, minimal-dev, sato,
                   sato-dev, or sato-sdk. For information on these types of image
                   profiles, see the "Images"
                   chapter in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.

         arch is a string representing the target architecture:
                x86, x86-64, ppc, mips, or arm.