QEMU

1. Run QEMU with the following options:

-monitor unix:/tmp/qemu-monitor-socket,server,nowait

2. Connect using socat:

socat -,echo=0,icanon=0 unix-connect:/tmp/qemu-monitor-socket

You can also issue individual commands directly to that socket, e.g.:

echo “info status” | socat - unix-connect:/tmp/qemu-monitor-socket

machine type (PPC only)	`-M mac99`
CPU type	`-cpu coreduo`
RAM (in megabytes)	`-m 512`
disks and other media	`-drive file=$FILENAME,format=qcow2,media=disk`
optical media	`-cdrom $FILENAME`
resolution	`-g 1024x768x32`
devices to add	`-device usb-tablet` `-device rtl8139,netdev=network0` `-device piix3-usb-uhci` `-soundhw sb16,adlib,pcspk`
network device	`-netdev user,id=network0`
sound card	`-soundhw es1370,pcspk`
boot from this device	`-boot c` `-boot a` `-boot order=dc`
clock settings	`-rtc base=localtime` `-rtc base=“2001-05-05”`
VNC	`-vnc :1` - outputs to port 5901
monitor settings	`-monitor stdio` `-monitor unix:qemu-monitor-socket,server,nowait`
snapshot/start “read-only”	`-snapshot`

create raw image 2 GB in size	`qemu-img create -f raw “Mac OS 8.1.img” 2G`
convert from raw to qcow2	`qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 -c _tmp/Windows\ ME.img _hdd/Windows\ ME.qcow2`
convert from raw to VMDK	`qemu-img convert -f raw -O vmdk ophelia.img ophelia.vmdk`
list snapshots	`qemu-img snapshot -l $DISK_IMAGE.qcow2`
create snapshot	`qemu-img snapshot -c $SNAPSHOT_NAME $DISK_IMAGE`
restore snapshot	`qemu-img snapshot -a $SNAPSHOT_NAME $DISK_IMAGE`
delete snapshot	`qemu-img snapshot -d $SNAPSHOT_NAME $DISK_IMAGE`

Specify the desired machine using -M $MACHINETYPE. Available options are:

`40p`	IBM RS/6000 7020 (40p)
`bamboo`	bamboo
`g3beige`	Heathrow based PowerMAC (default)
`mac99`	Mac99 based PowerMAC
`mpc8544ds`	mpc8544ds
`none`	empty machine
`ppce500`	generic paravirt e500 platform
`prep`	PowerPC PREP platform (deprecated)
`ref405ep`	ref405ep
`sam460ex`	aCube Sam460ex
`taihu`	taihu
`virtex-ml507`	Xilinx Virtex ML507 reference design

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