Prerequisites ------------- A recent 64-bit version of SBCL with Unicode support is required. Versions 1.2.4, 1.2.10, 1.3.2, and 1.3.5 are known to work. Newer versions should work, but have not been tested. The following systems should be installed using Quicklisp: Alexandria Iterate Nibbles CL-PPCRE CL-FAD Additionally, you will need either QEMU or VirtualBox. Quick Start ----------- 0. Run "git submodule update --init" Set SBCL and FILE_SERVER_IP in the top-level Makefile. SBCL must point at the SBCL binary, and FILE_SERVER_IP to the IP address of the local machine. Note! Addresses on 10.0.2.0/24 networks are not supported (such as 10.0.2.5), as this conflicts with the network provided by QEMU and VirtualBox. IPv6 addresses are not supported. 1. Run "make cold-image-vmdk" This will build a cold image suitable for use with VirtualBox, and should only take a few minutes. 2. Run "make run-file-server" The file-server must be running during step 3. 3. Configure a VirtualBox VM to point at the new mezzano.vmdk image and run it. VM settings: General->Type: Other Version: Other/Unknown (64-bit) System->Motherboard->Base Memory: 512MB System->Acceleration->Enable VT-x/AMV-V: enabled Enable Nested Paging: enabled Storage->IDE controller with mezzano.vmdk attached on the Primary Master hard disk. Network->Adapter 1: enabled Attached to: NAT Adapter Type (advanced): virtio-net Serial Ports->Port 1: enabled Port Mode: Raw file Path: /some/file Due to the use of submodules you need to run "git submodule update --init" after pulling to update to the latest version. Using QEMU/KVM -------------- After building a cold image and starting the file-server as described by the Quick Start section above run "make qemu" or "make kvm" to run QEMU. Using KVM is recommended as it is much faster than QEMU.