QEMU

ReactOS running inside QEMU on Linux

QEMU is an emulator and virtualization machine that allows you to run a complete operating system as just another task on your desktop. It can be very useful for trying out different operating systems, testing software, and running applications that won't run on your desktop's native platform.

QEMU runs on x86 systems running Linux, Microsoft Windows, and some UNIX platforms, and can host target systems from a range of different microprocessors as detailed on the QEMU website.

QEMU has the advantage of being able to run either as a pure emulator or as a native virtual machine (on x86 / x86-64 hardware).

Contents

• Installing QEMU
  • Compiling from Source
    • Linux
    • OpenBSD
    • Solaris
    • AIX
    • MinGW
    • Cygwin
• Creating and Manipulating Images
• Networking
• Using the Monitor
• Setting up guest systems
  • Windows XP
  • FreeDOS
  • SunOS 4.1.4
• Emulated devices
  • Virtio (High Performance)
  • USB Root Hubs
  • Networking
  • Input
  • Video
  • Storage
• Host's devices
  • USB
• User Interface

External links

• QEMU website
• KVM, the kernel-based virtual machine for QEMU
• The wikibook QEMU and KVM (GNU Free Documentation License 1.2)

Contributors

• Webaware
• Ismael Luceno