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## Preparing the FreeBSD system for Qemu ##

###1. If you will be using only the command line version of QEMU:###

* When installing FreeBSD, you can select any distribution from the *Choose Distributions* menu of the installation program. That is, you can choose anything from *Minimal* (which installs the smallest configuration possible) up to *All* (which installs all system sources, binaries, and X Window System).

* After the install, you can use the *Packages* menu of the installation program to install QEMU. Alternately, on an existing FreeBSD system, you can insert the DVD and type *sysinstall*. Select *Configure* then *Packages*, then *CD/DVD* from the menu. Once the package INDEX is loaded, select *emulators*, highlight *qemu* and press enter to select it, then press tab and enter to select *OK*. Arrow over to *Install* and press enter. Exit out of the remaining menus once the installation is complete.

* **Note:** Do not select *aqemu* if you only plan to use the command line version of QEMU. See section 2. if you plan to use QEMU from a GUI environment.

###2. If you will be using AQEMU from a GUI environment:###

* When installing FreeBSD, select a distribution which includes X Windows from the *Choose Distributions* menu of the installation program. The *X-Developer*, *X-Kern-Developer*, *X-User* or *All* distributions will install X for you. **Note:** If you choose to install X on an existing FreeBSD system, insert the DVD and type *sysinstall*. Select *Configure* then *Packages*, then *CD/DVD* from the menu. Once the package INDEX is loaded, select *x11*, highlight *xorg* and press enter to select it, then press tab and enter to select *OK*. Arrow over to *Install* and press enter. Exit out of the remaining menus once the installation is complete.

* After the install, you can use the *Packages* menu of the installation program to install AQEMU. Alternately, on an existing FreeBSD system, you can insert the DVD and type *sysinstall*. Select *Configure* then *Packages*, then *CD/DVD* from the menu. Once the package INDEX is loaded, select *emulators*, highlight *aqemu* and press enter to select it, then press tab and enter to select *OK*. Arrow over to *Install* and press enter. Exit out of the remaining menus once the installation is complete.

* X will install a default window manager (twm), but it will not start automatically. The first time you want to run X, type **Xorg -configure** to configure X, then **startx** whenever you want to start X. (Note: Make sure your mouse is operational before starting X.)  If you want X to start automatically, see the [X Display Manager](http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x-xdm.html) section of the FreeBSD Handbook. If you want to enable the **fvwm** or **fluxbox** window manager, edit the .xinitrc file.  Here is an example .xinitrc file that starts up a single **xterm** window with the **fvwm** window manager:


        xterm &
        fvwm
        #fluxbox


See the [Desktop Environments](http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html) section of the FreeBSD Handbook for more information. 

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