# How to run guix hurd image **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [May 9, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604 "2025-05-09T08:16:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wxie](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wxie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/1 "2025-05-09T08:16:55Z")
I know there is a hurd image for guix at > **[Download latest — GNU Guix](https://guix.gnu.org/en/download/latest/)** > > Download latest development GNU Guix System images built > by the Cuirass continuous integration system. It is qcow2 file for qemu. However, I could not find the instruction to run it so I need your advice. ---
**Author:** ![dgr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/dgr/32/394_2.png) [@dgr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/dgr)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/2 "2025-05-09T12:44:42Z")
With kvm/qemu I would guess as the hardware compatibility of hurd isn’t there yet to play with it outside of a VM. ---
**Author:** ![tusharhero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e99b99/32.png) [@tusharhero](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/tusharhero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/3 "2025-05-09T14:27:33Z")
To be clear its not impossible to run it on hardware. [Guix/Hurd on a Thinkpad X60 — 2024 — Blog — GNU Guix](https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2024/hurd-on-thinkpad/) ---
**Author:** ![dgr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/dgr/32/394_2.png) [@dgr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/dgr)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/4 "2025-05-09T14:41:12Z")
Sure if you have a exotic hardware like a nearly 20 year old ThinkPad laying around 😉 ---
**Author:** ![wxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wxie](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wxie)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/5 "2025-05-14T00:34:21Z")
That’s an excellent writing. I am just talking about runing the qcow2 image in 'qemu. I found the document: > **[在虚拟机里运行Guix (GNU Guix 参考手册)](https://guix.gnu.org/manual/zh-cn/html_node/Zai-Xu-Ni-Ji-Li-Yun-Xing-Guix.html)** > > 在虚拟机里运行Guix (GNU Guix 参考手册) ```auto qemu-system-x86_64 \ -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci \ -enable-kvm -m 2048 \ -device virtio-blk,drive=myhd \ -drive if=none,file=guix-system-vm-image-1.4.0.x86_64-linux.qcow2,id=myhd ``` ---
**Author:** ![dgr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/dgr/32/394_2.png) [@dgr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/dgr)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 7:17am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/6 "2025-05-19T07:17:01Z")
@wxie can you mark it as solved or can we help some more with getting the img to run? ---
**Author:** ![wxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wxie](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wxie)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/7 "2025-05-20T00:00:11Z")
Thanks for the reminder. I will confirm this after I try. ---
**Author:** ![wxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ee59a6/32.png) [@wxie](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wxie)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/8 "2025-05-26T05:27:20Z")
I got unknown compression type: qcow2. But my other arm qcow2 format is ok. So there must be something wrong. ---
**Author:** ![dgr](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.systemcrafters.net/dgr/32/394_2.png) [@dgr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/dgr)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/how-to-run-guix-hurd-image/1604/9 "2025-05-26T11:59:19Z")
> [@wxie](#): > > unknown compression type: qcow2 Maybe you need to change the compression with [QEMU disk image utility — QEMU documentation](https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/tools/qemu-img.html).