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