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</para>
<screen>host# sudo qemu-kvm -boot order=dc -vga qxl -spice port=3001,disable-ticketing -soundhw ac97 \
--cdrom /path/to/your.iso /path/to/your.img</screen>
+ -cdrom /path/to/your.iso /path/to/your.img</screen>
+
+ <para>
+ Let's take just briefly look trough used qemu options. Option -boot order=dc specifies that guest system
+ should try to boot from first cdrom and then fallback to first disk, -vga qxl specifies that qemu should
+ emulate qxl device adapter.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ There will be no running <link xlink:href="SpiceUserManual-Introduction.xml#vdagent">agent</link>
+ on the <link xlink:href="guest">guest</link> system so we don't have to emulate virtio device yet.
+ </para>
</section>
</chapter>