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6 bochs - Portable x86 Emulator.
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9 bochs [bochs_options] [bochsrc_options]
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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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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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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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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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45 Specify Bochs log file name
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48 Unlock Bochs images leftover from previous session
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51 Print a summary of the command line options for Bochs and exit
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54 Display available features / devices and exit
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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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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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76 The latest version of this program can be found at:
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82 The Bochs IA-32 Emulator site on the World Wide Web:
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85 Online Bochs Documentation
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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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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
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