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+# short-description: Create a qemu machine 'pcbios' direct disk image
+# long-description: Creates a partitioned legacy BIOS disk image that the user
+# can directly use to boot a qemu machine.
+
+
+part /boot --source bootimg-pcbios --ondisk sda --label boot --active --align 1024
+part / --source rootfs --ondisk sda --fstype=ext4 --label platform --align 1024
+
+bootloader  --timeout=0  --append="vga=0 uvesafb.mode_option=640x480-32 root=/dev/vda2 rw mem=256M ip=192.168.7.2::192.168.7.1:255.255.255.0 oprofile.timer=1 rootfstype=ext4 "
+