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* Document testing the initrd.

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</section> </section>
<section>
<title>Testing the <literal>initrd</literal></title>
<para>A quick way to test whether the kernel and the initial ramdisk
boot correctly is to use QEMU’s <option>-kernel</option> and
<option>-initrd</option> options:
<screen>
$ nix-build /etc/nixos/nixos -A initialRamdisk -o initrd
$ nix-build /etc/nixos/nixos -A kernel -o kernel
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel ./kernel/vmlinuz -initrd ./initrd/initrd -hda /dev/null
</screen>
</para>
</section>
</chapter> </chapter>