4 Usage

All you really need to do now is to run deb4dev.bat. You can edit the batch file to adjust for your particular PC. For example, you can change the -m 128 option to -m 96 if you want to lower the memory allocated to QEMU. You can also change -redir tcp:2222:22 to -redir tcp:2200:22 (or whatever port you want to use) to avoid conflicts with the host operating system. 2222 should be fine.

The root account has a password of deb4dev, and the student account has a password of homework. You can change the passwords using the passwd command.

Once the Linux box in QEMU starts up, you can log in through QEMU. However, it is even better if you use the included PuTTY (ssh client for shell access) program to open terminals to the Linux virtual machine. Be sure to change the default port number 22 to 2222 (whatever port you change the batch file to use). The host/IP should be localhost or 127.0.0.1 (either one is fine). This way, you can open as many terminals as you want. For programming purposes, I find that having many terminals is quite useful.

When you are all done, you should shut down the machine properly. Log in as root, then use the command poweroff. This makes sure all content in the disk cache gets written back to the image file.