bochs(1)

NAME

   bochs - Portable x86 Emulator.

SYNOPSIS

   bochs [bochs_options] [bochsrc_options]

DESCRIPTION

   Bochs  is a portable Intel Architecture  32 (x86) emulator that runs on
   most popular  operating systems. Inside  the emulator,   it   can   run
   many operating systems including Linux and Microsoft(R) Windows(R).

OPTIONS

   When you run bochs without one of the following options, it will search
   for a configuration file called .bochsrc in the current  directory  and
   your home directory and display the start menu.

   -q     With  this  option  the start menu will be skipped after loading
          the configuration file.

   -f configfile
          This option specifies the name of the configuration file.

   -qf configfile
          When you run bochs with this option, it will skip the start menu
          and use the specified configuration file.

   -n     With  this  option  bochs doesn't load a configuration file.  In
          that case the setup for the emulation must be done with  bochsrc
          options on the command line or in the start menu.

   -r path
          Restore the Bochs state from path

   -log filename
          Specify Bochs log file name

   -h, --help
          Print a summary of the command line options for bochs and exit.

   -h, --help features
          Display available features / devices and exit

   -h, --help cpu
          Display supported CPU models and exit

   You  can override the settings from the configuration file with command
   line arguments, using the  same  syntax  as the bochsrc  file.  If  you
   have   any  spaces  in  your  command  line  arguments,  they should be
   enclosed  in  single quotes.  For information on Bochs command line and
   configuration file arguments, see the man page bochsrc(5).

   Example:
     bochs -q 'boot:a' 'floppya: 1_44=a.img, status=inserted'

LICENSE

   This  program   is  distributed   under  the  terms  of the  GNU Lesser
   General Public License as published  by  the  Free Software Foundation.
   See the LGPL file located in /usr/share/common-licenses/ for details on
   the license and the lack of warranty.

AVAILABILITY

   The   latest   version   of   this   program   can   be    found    at:
        http://bochs.sourceforge.net/getcurrent.html

SEE ALSO

   bochsrc(5), bochs-dlx(1), bximage(1), bxcommit(1)

   The Bochs IA-32 Emulator site on the World Wide Web:
        http://bochs.sourceforge.net

   Online Bochs Documentation
        http://bochs.sourceforge.net/doc/docbook

AUTHORS

   The     Bochs    emulator    was     created     by    Kevin     Lawton
   ([email protected]),   and   is   currently   maintained  by   the
   members  of   the   Bochs  x86 Emulator Project.  You can see a current
   roster of members at:

        http://bochs.sourceforge.net/getinvolved.html

BUGS

   Please  report all  bugs to the bug tracker  on  our  web site. Just go
   to http://bochs.sourceforge.net, and click "Bug Reports" on the sidebar
   under "Feedback".

   Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of  the  program
   you  are  running,  the operating system you are running the program on
   and  the  operating   system  you are running in the emulator.

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