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+echo "
+
+Booting oasis qemu image...
+(powershell script is GUI only)
+
+Tips:
+- The root password is empty.
+- A regular user 'oasis' is available, also with empty password.
+- To run commands as root, use doas(1)
+- Text editors available are vis(1) and ed(1)
+- To launch velox, run 'swc-launch velox'.
+  * To launch st from velox, use Alt-Shift-Enter
+  * To launch netsurf from velox, use Alt-b
+  * To launch dmenu from velox, use Alt-r
+- To shutdown, run 'doas kill -s USR1 1'.
+- To kill qemu and oasis, type 'q' into the qemu monitor.
+
+
+
+See README.md for more information.
+
+"
+
+
+$append="init=/bin/sinit root=/dev/vda ro console=hvc0"
+$stdio='stdio,id=stdio'
+
+qemu-system-x86_64 -m 2048 `
+                   -kernel bzImage `
+                   -append "$append" `
+                   -device virtio-balloon `
+                   -device virtio-rng `
+                   -device virtio-keyboard `
+                   -device virtio-vga `
+                   -device virtio-tablet `
+                   -drive file=root.qcow2,media=disk,if=virtio `
+                   -nic user,model=virtio `
+                   -chardev "$stdio" `
+                   -mon chardev=stdio 
+                   
+echo "'nThanks for trying out oasis!"