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85 lines
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Groff
.\Document Author: Timothy R. Butler - tbutler@uninetsolutions.com
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.TH bochs 1 "29 Jun 2002" "bochs @version@" "The Bochs Project"
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.\"SKIP_SECTION"
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.SH NAME
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bochs \- Portable x86 Emulator.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B bochs
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.RB [\| \-q \|]
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.RB [\| \-qf
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.IR configfile \|]
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.RI \|[ bochsrc
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.IR syntax \|]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.LP
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Bochs is a portable Intel Architecture 32 (x86) emulator
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that runs on most popular operating systems. Inside the
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emulator, it can run many operating systems including
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Linux and Microsoft(R) Windows(R).
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.\".\"DONT_SPLIT"
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BI \-q
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When you run bochs with this option, it will skip the start
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menu and search for a configuration file called .bochsrc in
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the current directory and your home directory.
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.TP
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.BI \-qf\ configfile
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When you run bochs with this option, it will skip the start
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menu and use the specified configuration file.
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.LP
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You can override the settings from the configuration file
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with command line arguments, using the same syntax as the
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bochsrc file. If you have any spaces in your command line
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arguments, they should be enclosed in single quotes.
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For information on Bochs command line and configuration
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file arguments, see the man page
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.B bochsrc(5).
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Example:
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bochs -q 'boot:a' 'floppya: 1_44=a.img, status=inserted'
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.SH LICENSE
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This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU
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Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
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Software Foundation. See the COPYING file located in
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/usr/local/share/doc/bochs/ for details on the license and
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the lack of warrantee.
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.\"SKIP_SECTION"
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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The latest version of this program can be found at:
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http://bochs.sourceforge.net/getcurrent.html
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.SH SEE ALSO
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bochsrc(5), bochs-dlx(1), bximage(1)
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.PP
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.nf
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The Bochs IA-32 Emulator site on the World Wide Web:
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http://bochs.sourceforge.net
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The Getting Started Guide for Bochs on Linux:
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/usr/local/share/doc/bochs/DOC-linux.html
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.fi
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.SH AUTHORS
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The Bochs emulator was created by Kevin Lawton
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(kevin@mandrakesoft.com), and is currently maintained
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by the members of the Bochs x86 Emulator Project. You
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can see a current roster of members at:
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http://bochs.sourceforge.net/getinvolved.html
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.\"SKIP_SECTION"
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.SH BUGS
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Please report all bugs to the bug tracker on our web
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site. Just go to http://bochs.sourceforge.net, and click
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"Bug Reports" on the sidebar under "Feedback".
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.PP
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Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of
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the program you are running, the operating system you are
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running the program on and the operating system you
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are running in the emulator.
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