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| author | Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> | 2021-03-05 09:23:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> | 2021-03-10 12:13:59 +0000 |
| commit | 085d9afc68e30b97b1d4118849a3f3c8c77ff43a (patch) | |
| tree | a4925830e70a6070bb5107f3bfb135c3d97fa527 /docs/system/quickstart.rst | |
| parent | a557b00469bca61a058fc1db4855503cac1c3219 (diff) | |
docs/system: add a gentle prompt for the complexity to come
We all know the QEMU command line can become a fiendishly complex
beast. Lets gently prepare our user for the horrors to come by
referencing where other example command lines can be found in the
manual.
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210305092328.31792-3-alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/system/quickstart.rst')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/system/quickstart.rst b/docs/system/quickstart.rst index 3a3acab5e7..681678c86e 100644 --- a/docs/system/quickstart.rst +++ b/docs/system/quickstart.rst @@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g. |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. |