From 6f13c3180c4a64b7cd3a0c7108f3069f1d29dcf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcin Chrzanowski <marcin.j.chrzanowski@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 21:19:43 +0100
Subject: Add qemu sheet

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+# The Qemu Hypervisor
+
+## Create an image from ISO
+
+    qemu-img create -f qcow2 <image name> <disk space>
+
+    qemu-system-x86_64 \
+      -cdrom <iso> \
+      -drive "file=<image created above>,format=qcow2" \
+      -enable-kvm \
+      -m <memory> \
+      -smp <# processors>"
+
+Run the second command to e.g. go through the Ubuntu installer provided on the
+ISO.
+
+## Create a copy-on-write image from another image
+
+    qemu-img create -f qcow2 -b <source image> <new image file name>
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