1.. _pcsys_005fquickstart: 2 3Quick Start 4----------- 5 6Download and uncompress a PC hard disk image with Linux installed (e.g. 7``linux.img``) and type: 8 9.. parsed-literal:: 10 11 |qemu_system| linux.img 12 13Linux should boot and give you a prompt. 14 15Users should be aware the above example elides a lot of the complexity 16of setting up a VM with x86_64 specific defaults and assumes the 17first non switch argument is a PC compatible disk image with a boot 18sector. For a non-x86 system where we emulate a broad range of machine 19types, the command lines are generally more explicit in defining the 20machine and boot behaviour. You will find more example command lines 21in the :ref:`system-targets-ref` section of the manual. 22