Dear Paul,
The command to start my VM is as follows:-
sudo qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a9 -kernel /home/carsim2021/Full_virtualization/linux-3.18.31/arch/arm/boot/zImage -append "root=/dev/mmcblk0 ip=dhcp console=ttyAMA0" -sd /home/carsim2021/Full_virtualization/busybox-1.33.1/RootFS.ext4 -net nic,vlan=0,model=lan9118 -net user,vlan=0 -nographic
for a tap connection , I used this command:-
sudo qemu-system-arm -M vexpress-a9 -kernel /home/carsim2021/Full_virtualization/linux-3.18.31/arch/arm/boot/zImage -append "root=/dev/mmcblk0 ip=dhcp console=ttyAMA0" -sd /home/carsim2021/Full_virtualization/busybox-1.33.1/RootFS.ext4 -net nic -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -nographic
I have also added a screenshot for the problem.
Regards,
Sukreet