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    # Assuming you're a regular user that has doas allowances for vmctl
    mkdir -p ~/vmm
    cd ~/vmm

    # Grab the the one of the virt iso's of Alpine Linux
    curl https://nl.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.6/releases/x86_64/alpine-virt-3.6.0-x86_64.iso -o alpine-virt-3.6.0-x86_64.iso

    # Make a new virtual disk image, change the size as needed
    vmctl create alpine-virt.img -s 6G

    # Boot Alpine from the ISO. Make sure you have this exact disk order because as of 29 May 2017
    # VMM's SeaBIOS will only try to boot from the first one it seems!
    # Also, this assumes:
    # - you want 1024M of memory, tune as desired
    # - you configured a virtual switch called "local" in your /etc/vm.conf
    # (see: http://www.h-i-r.net/2017/04/openbsd-vmm-hypervisor-part-2.html)
    doas vmctl start alpine -d alpine-virt-3.6.0-x86_64.iso -d alpine-virt.img -n local -m 1024M -c

    # You shoud get a serial console connection immediately. Hit enter or whatever to boot Alpine.
    # Once in Alpine, run:
    setup-alpine