qemu-system-i386
Emulate the i386 architecture. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
Boot from an image emulating the i386 architecture
qemu-system-i386 -hda image_name.img -m 4096IdentifyBoot a QEMU instance from a live ISO image
qemu-system-i386 -hda image_name.img -m 4096 -cdrom os_image.iso -boot dIdentifyBoot from a physical device (e.g. from USB to test a bootable medium)
qemu-system-i386 -hda /dev/storage_device -m 4096IdentifyDo not launch a VNC server
qemu-system-i386 -hda image_name.img -m 4096 -nographicIdentifyExit non-graphical QEMU
<Ctrl a><x>List the supported machine types
qemu-system-i386 -machine helpIdentify