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+/usr/local/qemu/bin/qemu  -m 512 -fda ./vmm.img c.img
+
+-m 512 = 512 MB RAM
+
+-M = machine type
+
+-cpu = CPU type
+
+-monitor `tty` gives access to a qemu console that lets you dump
+memory, registers, disassemble, etc.  It's not a complete debugger,
+thoough
+
+-S waits for a gdb connection.  This seems to only work for kgdb and linux kernels
+
+
+-serial stdio redirects COM1 to stdio
+-serial file:<file_name> writes COM1 to the given file
+
+
+
+MAKING an ISO image from a floppy image
+mkisofs -pad -b <floppy_image> -R -o <iso_output_image> <floppy_image>
+
+
+/usr/local/qemu/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -serial file:serial.out -m 1024 -fda vmm.img  -cdrom guest_no_timer.iso
+
+
+
+Creating a grub based bootable cd ISO image:
+
+mkidr iso
+mkdir -p iso/boot/grub
+
+get "menu.lst" and "stage2_eltorito" from the grub files located in vmm-tools/others
+copy menu.lst and stage2_eltorito into iso/boot/grub
+
+mkisofs -R -b boot/grub/stage2_eltorito -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o test.iso iso