Dependencies - vde (use nexedi's rpm) - qemu (better with kqemu) Procedures 1. Run 'vde_switch'. 2. Run 'slirpvde -d -n 192.168.254.0'. -d is required only if a dhcp server is used. 3. Run 'QEMU_TMPDIR=~/tmp vdeq /usr/local/bin/qemu -cdrom foo.iso -m 256 -macaddr 52:54:00:12:34:??' Caveats - If kqemu is built into qemu, qemu creates a big file under /dev/shm by default. If multiple qemu instances are executed, qemu can easily make the tmpfs full. Note that the default max size of tmpfs is a half of real memory. So it is better to specify somewhere on a disk by the environment variable 'QEMU_TMPDIR'. - It is better to specify the location of qemu to vdeq explicitly. - Do not forget to specify an unique mac addr to each qemu instance. qemu does not generate a unique one automatically. - If it is necessary to connect qemu to real networks, a tap device must be used for vde. This requires a root permission.