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| author |   Timos Ampelikiotis <t.ampelikiotis@virtualopensystems.com> | 2023-10-10 11:40:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Timos Ampelikiotis <t.ampelikiotis@virtualopensystems.com> | 2023-10-10 11:40:56 +0000 |
| commit | e02cda008591317b1625707ff8e115a4841aa889 (patch) | |
| tree | aee302e3cf8b59ec2d32ec481be3d1afddfc8968 /docs/system/quickstart.rst | |
| parent | cc668e6b7e0ffd8c9d130513d12053cf5eda1d3b (diff) | |
Introduce Virtio-loopback epsilon release:
Epsilon release introduces a new compatibility layer which make virtio-loopback
design to work with QEMU and rust-vmm vhost-user backend without require any
changes.
Signed-off-by: Timos Ampelikiotis <t.ampelikiotis@virtualopensystems.com>
Change-Id: I52e57563e08a7d0bdc002f8e928ee61ba0c53dd9
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diff --git a/docs/system/quickstart.rst b/docs/system/quickstart.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..681678c86 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/quickstart.rst @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +.. _pcsys_005fquickstart: + +Quick Start +----------- + +Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g. +``linux.img``) and type: + +.. parsed-literal:: + + |qemu_system| linux.img + +Linux should boot and give you a prompt. + +Users should be aware the above example elides a lot of the complexity +of setting up a VM with x86_64 specific defaults and assumes the +first non switch argument is a PC compatible disk image with a boot +sector. For a non-x86 system where we emulate a broad range of machine +types, the command lines are generally more explicit in defining the +machine and boot behaviour. You will find more example command lines +in the :ref:`system-targets-ref` section of the manual. |