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# [Building a VMM from scratch, #0.5: Booting Linux in 190 lines of C](https://blog.boxlite.ai/building-a-vmm-from-scratch-0-5-booting-linux-in-190-lines-of-c?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

An interlude in the series: the whole path from an empty KVM VM to a Linux PID 1, in one C file you can read in one sitting.

Oct 22 · 11 min read · blog.boxlite.ai  
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Founder @BoxLiteAI — an open-source microVM runtime for AI agents. Database & storage nerd. Sharing what we build, break, and learn.

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