QEMU (Short QUick EMulator ) provides way of running software for a number of different hardware platforms. For Linux Operating Systems it is able to boot directly from a kernel and inital ramdisk file. This is the option we will use so as to bypass the additional complication of compiling a boot loader and formating physical media with these files. The following wikepedia entry gives additional information about QEMU: http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QEMU
qemu-system-i386 -kernel ${CLFS}/boot/clfskernel-3.0.80 \
-initrd ${CLFS}/build/initramfs -redir tcp:5555::80 -m 512 -serial stdio -append "rdinit=/sbin/init console=tty1"
When the boot is complete, the embedded CLFS system is ready for use!
-kernel
This option sets the kernel for the emulator to use.
-initrd
This option sets the initial ram disk to use.
-M
This option sets the machine to be emulated.
-redir
This option sets the floating point mode selected earlier.
-m
This option sets the size of the ram memory for emulated machine..
-serial
This option directs the serial output from the emulated machine to the terminal.
-append
This option appends information to the command line used during the bootup of the emulated machine.