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FedoraNews: How to Build an Open Source PC Emulator QEMU RPM for FC3

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 23, 2005

[ Thanks to Thomas
Chung
for this link. ]

“QEMU has two operating modes:

  • “Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full
    system (for example a PC), including a processor and various
    peripherials. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems
    without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
  • “User mode emulation (Linux host only). In this mode, QEMU can
    launch Linux processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU. It can
    be used to launch the Wine Windows API emulator
    (http://www.winehq.org) or to ease cross-compilation and
    cross-debugging…”

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Web Webster

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