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Hardware and QEMU

January 31, 2012

Power in society comes from running your code where you want, when you want. But it takes a really long time to get to that point, so the meanwhile, there’s QEMU—a computer emulator that runs on all x86 platforms without even needing an install. That means you can carry around a virtual computer on your USB keychain drive that you can fire-up on anyone’s Windows machine, on a Mac OS X machine, or even on computers running Ubuntu Linux, and the like. You don’t need admin privileges. This gives you a whack-a-mole foundation on which you can run your code, and sets you on the road towards doing the same with the Amazon or Rackspace clouds, rack-mounted server-class hardware, or even a new breed of micro-servers that you can fit in your pocket and host out of your home.

Here are some articles about Hardware and QEMU:

  • Using QEMU Ubuntu Tutorial I'm tempted to walk you through some of the different devices to be used as a micro-server. Those would include the SheevaPlug, TonidoPlug or GuruPlug. These are all ARM-based plug computers that cost around $100 and run Debian Linux just fine. Other ...
  • How to Partition Hard Drive with QEMU After all that to start the Ubuntu Server install, I'm going to backtrack for this post and talk about using a more friendly LiveCD, namely Knoppix. If you make a copy of your QEMU directory so far, you can freely go through a complete Ubuntu Server insta...
  • Configuring Lilo on Debian and QEMU At this point, I'm actually going to shut down and copy out the hard drive file for the ultimate undo. So far, I've done that three times. I have: harddisk-formatted.raw harddisk-base.raw harddisk-kernel.raw This way, I can rename any of them back to ha...
  • Your Debian QEMU JeOS Box Ready to Boot Okay, I think we're all getting a bit impatient now to see our Noah's Arc JeOS box boot. Edit your /etc/fstab file system table. I told you to use the nano text editor last time, and that's fine. But I think it's time to introduce you to the much more pow...
  • How To Use QEMU on Mac OS X Welcome everyone searching for qemu on the Mac. Let's get it out of the way: this article is about Q, the still-viable, but rapidly becoming out-of-date version that takes advantage of Mac's user interface, and my experience getting it working and dissect...