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1*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerUse ./run-qemu.sh to boot system image to a shell prompt, "exit" when done.
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3*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerAdditional arguments to run-qemu.sh are QEMU arguments,
4*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker$KARGS contains additional linux kernel arguments. For example:
5*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
6*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  KARGS=quiet ./run-qemu.sh -hda docs/linux-fullconfig
7*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  # cat /dev/?da
8*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  # exit
9*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
10*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerTo extract the root filesystem from cpio.gz and chroot into it
11*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
12*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  ( mkdir fs && cd fs && zcat ../initramfs.cpio.gz | cpio -i -d -H newc )
13*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  chroot fs /init
14*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
15*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard WorkerTo recreate the initramfs.cpio.gz from fs directory
16*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker
17*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker  ( cd fs && find . -printf '%P\n' | cpio -o -H newc -R +0:+0 | gzip ) \
18*cf5a6c84SAndroid Build Coastguard Worker    > initramfs.cpio.gz
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