I'm able to reproduce it now by: qemu-system-ppc64 -enable-kvm -cdrom /var/lib/openqa/share/factory/iso/openSUSE-Tumbleweed-NET-ppc64le-CURRENT-Media.iso -vga none -nographic -netdev user,id=qanet0 -device virtio-net,netdev=qanet0,mac=52:54:00:12:34:56 -drive file=test.img -m 4096 Once installation boots, press esc to exit plymouth..