qemu-system-i386

Emulate 32-bit x86 systems with QEMU

TLDR

Boot ISO image

$ qemu-system-i386 -cdrom [image.iso] -boot d

Boot disk with memory

$ qemu-system-i386 -m [512M] -hda [disk.img]

Boot with KVM

$ qemu-system-i386 -enable-kvm -hda [disk.img]

SYNOPSIS

qemu-system-i386 [options] [diskimage_]

DESCRIPTION

qemu-system-i386 emulates 32-bit x86 systems. Use for running legacy 32-bit operating systems. Same options as qemu-system-x86_64 but for i386 architecture.

PARAMETERS

-m size

RAM size.

-hda file

Hard disk image.

-cdrom file

CD-ROM image.

-enable-kvm

Enable KVM acceleration.

-boot order

Boot order.