1 Once you have built a vmm.img file (see SETUP.LINUX for how to set up
2 and test the development environment needed to do this), you can do
5 - dd vmm.img to a floppy and boot from it
6 - network boot from vmm.img using PXE
7 - use mkisofs to build a bootable cdrom from vmm.img
8 - boot from vmm.img using qemu or other emulator
10 All but the last option (qemu) are very site-dependent.
12 To boot from vmm.img using qemu, do the following:
14 Make sure qemu is installed. You will need at least version 0.9.1 for
15 the necessary support of AMD SVM virtualization extensions.
17 If you would like to install qemu, a copy is in the repository:
19 export DEVROOT=/path/to/your/vmm-tools
21 untar $DEVROOT/utils/qemu-0.9.1.tar.gz and follow instructions for
22 building and installing it. Notice that you can use the --prefix
23 configure option to choose where to put it.
25 Assuming it's installed:
27 export QEMUROOT=/path/to/your/qemu-install
29 You can then run your vmm.img thus:
31 $QEMUROOT/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1024 -serial file:serial.out -fda vmm.img
33 On running this, you should see the vmm boot in a window, accompanied
34 by lots of debugging output being spit into the file serial.out.
36 You can add other options to, for example, provide a boot cd, network