Qemu @OPenBSD

| Quick Start:
| 1. get a bootable floppy image
| 2. qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtual.hd 10G
| 3. qemu -m 32 -fda floppy.fs -boot a -monitor stdio virtual.hd
| (initial install to hard drive)
| 4. qemu-img convert -c -O qcow2 virtual.hd tmp && mv tmp virtual.hd
| (compress hard drive while qemu is not running)
| 5. qemu -m 32 -monitor stdio virtual.hd
| (normal boot from hard drive)
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| Note: Customize /etc/qemu-ifup to use ‘-net tap’ on your system.

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