Run HAOS in QEMU or other emulator

Installation Home Assistant OS
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Hi All,

I have been tinkering with RPi5 and HAOS and I feel I am savvy enough to deploy at my house in UK. However, I would like to convert the .img backup I have of the SD Card so I can troubleshoot or test new integrations before deployment to the real live Pi.
Has anyone successfully done this so I can shortcut my investigations on how to convert and upload into QEMU or other emulator? I can see from the SD card that it has multiple partitions rather than just 1 so I suspect this could be tricky.

Appreciate any guidance before I end up with multiple What the Heck! moments

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I have decided I am being a muppet. I will roll up a HAOS Hyper-V machine and upload my backup config so Its identical to the Pi. Pi will be off to the house to take over there. Job done. Case of tunnel vision.

Cheers