1bochs(1)                       The Bochs Project                      bochs(1)
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NAME

6       bochs - Portable x86 Emulator.
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SYNOPSIS

9       bochs [bochs_options] [bochsrc_options]
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DESCRIPTION

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

17       When you run Bochs without one of the following options, it will search
18       for a configuration file called .bochsrc in the current  directory  and
19       your home directory and display the start menu.
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21       -q     With  this  option  the start menu will be skipped after loading
22              the configuration file.
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24       -f configfile
25              This option specifies the name of the configuration file.
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27       -qf configfile
28              When you run Bochs with this option, it will skip the start menu
29              and use the specified configuration file.
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31       -n     With  this  option  Bochs doesn't load a configuration file.  In
32              that case the setup for the emulation must be done with  bochsrc
33              options on the command line or in the start menu.
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35       -benchmark N
36              Run Bochs in benchmark mode for N millions of emulated ticks
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38       -dumpstats N
39              Dump Bochs stats every N millions of emulated ticks
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41       -r path
42              Restore the Bochs state from path
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44       -log filename
45              Specify Bochs log file name
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47       -unlock
48              Unlock Bochs images leftover from previous session
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50       -h, --help
51              Print a summary of the command line options for Bochs and exit
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53       -h, --help features
54              Display available features / devices and exit
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56       -h, --help cpu
57              Display supported CPU models and exit
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59       You  can override the settings from the configuration file with command
60       line arguments, using the  same  syntax  as the bochsrc  file.  If  you
61       have   any  spaces  in  your command line arguments, they should be en‐
62       closed  in  single quotes.  For information on Bochs command  line  and
63       configuration file arguments, see the man page bochsrc(5).
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65       Example:
66         bochs -q 'boot:a' 'floppya: 1_44=a.img, status=inserted'
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LICENSE

70       This  program   is distributed  under the terms of the  GNU Lesser Gen‐
71       eral Public License as published  by  the  Free  Software   Foundation.
72       See  the LICENSE and COPYING files located in /usr/share/doc/bochs/ for
73       details on the license and the lack of warranty.
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AVAILABILITY

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

80       bochsrc(5), bochs-dlx(1), bximage(1)
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82       The Bochs IA-32 Emulator site on the World Wide Web:
83            http://bochs.sourceforge.net
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85       Online Bochs Documentation
86            http://bochs.sourceforge.net/doc/docbook
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AUTHORS

89       The    Bochs   emulator  was   created   by  Kevin   Lawton (kevin@man‐
90       drakesoft.com),  and  is  currently  maintained by the  members of  the
91       Bochs  x86  Emulator  Project.  You can see a current roster of members
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94            http://bochs.sourceforge.net/getinvolved.html
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BUGS

97       Please  report all  bugs to the bug tracker  on  our  web site. Just go
98       to http://bochs.sourceforge.net, and click "Bug Reports" on the sidebar
99       under "Feedback".
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101       Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of  the  program
102       you  are  running,  the operating system you are running the program on
103       and  the  operating   system  you are running in the emulator.
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