------------ QEMU NOTES ------------ Since the qemu docs blow, I'll make some quick notes here for how to get a system running for baselayout testing. - create rootfs (feel free to tweak 500M): $ dd if=/dev/zero of=root.img bs=1M count=500M $ mke2fs -F -j root.img - install Gentoo stage3: $ mkdir loop $ mount -o loop root.img loop $ sudo tar pjxf stage3-x86.tar.bz2 -C loop $ sudo chroot loop /dev/hda / ext3 noatime 0 1 $ umount loop - create an x86 kernel from a vanilla tarball: - make sure you enable serial console support - you shouldn't need any modifications, just grab a recent vanilla - run qemu: $ qemu \ -hda root.img \ -append "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" \ -kernel your-compiled-vmlinux \ -nographic