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Fix typos and minor things; mention Bochs and Virtualbox flaws. Chris Pressey 10 years ago
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99 **If you want to download a pre-built disk image of The Cat's Eye Technologies Platform**,
1010 open this torrent in your torrent client:
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12 * [The-Cats-Eye-Technologies-Platform-0.2.torrent](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/catseye/The-Platform/master/torrent/The-Cats-Eye-Technologies-Platform-0.2.torrent)
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1414 **If you already have a copy of The Cat's Eye Technologies Platform disk image**,
1515 and you want to know how to use it, see this document:
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1919 **If you wish to build a disk image of The Platform from source files**,
2020 or if you simply want to know more about its internals, read on.
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22 [The-Cats-Eye-Technologies-Platform-0.2.torrent]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/catseye/The-Platform/master/torrent/The-Cats-Eye-Technologies-Platform-0.2.torrent
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2224 Motivation
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5153 example [on Github here](https://github.com/catseye/The-Platform/tree/0.2).
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5355 All of the pieces of software that make up The Platform are interoperable;
54 that is, every piece builds successfully on NetBSD 6.1.4, and those with
56 that is, every piece builds successfully on NetBSD 6.1.5, and those with
5557 test suites pass all of their relevant automated tests. The pieces are
5658 not, however, thoroughly tested manually.
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100100 You should see NetBSD boot up in the QEMU window. Now see
101101 _Logging in and using The Platform_, below.
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103 ### Using other PC emulators ###
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105 You are of course free to try booting The Platform under a PC emulator that
106 isn't QEMU. However, I haven't had a lot of luck with other emulators.
107 The last time I tried:
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109 * *Bochs*, it boots NetBSD just fine, but has major problems sending
110 keystrokes to it; it sends far far far too many. Making it unusable.
111 * *VirtualBox*, it couldn't boot NetBSD. (Apparently, "Of *course* it runs
112 NetBSD" [does not apply to emulators](http://gnats.netbsd.org/44694).)
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103114 ### How to make a bootable USB stick of The Platform ###
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105116 First, get a USB stick that you don't need for anything else, that is at
116127 from your file system.
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118129 Select your USB stick's drive letter in the "Device" dropdown. (If unsure,
119 start a file explorer and look at what "Devices and drives" says. Generally
130 start a File Explorer and look at what "Devices and drives" says. Generally
120131 this will be maybe `[E:\]` or `[F:\]`; it will almost certainly **NOT** be
121132 `[C:\]` or `[D:\]`!)
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