qemu: could not load PC BIOS 'bios-256k.bin' solution

qemu: could not load PC BIOS 'bios-256k.bin'

The file exists here:

/usr/share/qemu/bios-256k.bin

It is symlinked to here:

/usr/share/seabios/bios.bin
 

A quick fix is manually specifying the BIOS:

 -bios /usr/share/qemu/bios-256k.bin


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qemu, pc, bios, bin, solutionqemu, usr, symlinked, seabios, manually, specifying,

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