Installation on qemu

Step-by-step...

1. Download the X-Amiga iso
2. Create a blank hard disk image (64MB in this example):

   qemu-img create xa.img 64M

3. Boot qemu from the cdrom image:

   qemu -boot d -cdrom xamigacd-[release].iso -hda xa.img

4. Within qemu:

   Format the hard drive (using GParted or fdisk/cfdisk)
   Install x-amiga
   (When queried for a sound card, select 'dummy' or skip this step)
   Installation of Amiga-specific files is left as 'an exercise for the reader' ;-)
   After installation, shut down the virtual machine:

   poweroff

5. Restart qemu from the hard disk image:

   qemu -hda xa.img

Notes:

Without kqemu, it's SLOW

E-UAE won't start without ROMs

There appears to be a system lock-up with fbsplash - being investigated...

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