Shrine/QEMU.md

Shrine is right at home in QEMU. (In fact, for many years QEMU was needed to build Shrine itself!)

First, you should create a virtual disk (you can adjust the size to your preference):

qemu-img create -f qcow2 Shrine.HDD 2G

Then, to boot the Live CD and install to the disk:

qemu-system-x86_64 \
	-cdrom Shrine.ISO -boot d \
	-drive format=qcow2,file=Shrine.HDD \
	-machine kernel_irqchip=off \
	-smp cores=4 \
	-m 2048 \
	-rtc base=localtime \
	-soundhw pcspk \
	-netdev user,id=u1 -device pcnet,netdev=u1

Follow the on-screen instructions. When the installer finishes and prompts for a reboot, simply close the VM and restart it by repeating the previous command, omitting the -cdrom Shrine.ISO -boot d.