qemu
Generic machine emulator and virtualizer. Supports a large variety of CPU architectures. More information: https://www.qemu.org.
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Boot from image emulating i386 architecture:
qemu-system-i386 -hda {{image_name.img}}
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Boot from image emulating x64 architecture:
qemu-system-x86_64 -hda {{image_name.img}}
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Boot QEMU instance with a live ISO image:
qemu-system-i386 -hda {{image_name.img}} -cdrom {{os_image.iso}} -boot d
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Specify amount of RAM for instance:
qemu-system-i386 -m 256 -hda image_name.img -cdrom os-image.iso -boot d
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Boot from physical device (e.g. from USB to test bootable medium):
qemu-system-i386 -hda /dev/{{storage_device}}
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