diff --git a/run-scratch-system.sh b/run-scratch-system.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+ROOTDIR=/home/tonyg/nobackup/build/postmarketos/chroot_rootfs_qemu-amd64
+IMGDIR=/home/tonyg/nobackup/build/postmarketos/chroot_native/home/pmos/rootfs
+
+BASEIMG=/tmp/pmos-qemu-amd64-base.qcow
+TMPIMG=/tmp/pmos-qemu-amd64.qcow
+
+while [ "$#" -gt "0" ]
+do
+    case "$1" in
+        --clean)
+            shift
+            rm -f ${TMPIMG}
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Usage: $0 [--clean]" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ ! -f ${BASEIMG} ]
+then
+    qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 ${IMGDIR}/qemu-amd64.img ${BASEIMG}
+fi
+if [ ! -f ${TMPIMG} ]
+then
+   qemu-img create -f qcow2 -F qcow2 -b ${BASEIMG} ${TMPIMG}
+fi
+
+qemu-system-x86_64 \
+    -nodefaults \
+    -kernel ${ROOTDIR}/boot/vmlinuz-lts \
+    -initrd ${ROOTDIR}/boot/initramfs \
+    -append 'console=tty1 console=ttyS0 PMOS_NO_OUTPUT_REDIRECT PMOS_FORCE_PARTITION_RESIZE video=1024x768@60' \
+    -smp 48 \
+    -m 1024 \
+    -serial stdio \
+    -drive file=${TMPIMG},format=qcow2,if=virtio \
+    -device virtio-mouse-pci \
+    -device virtio-keyboard-pci \
+    -nic user,model=virtio-net-pci,hostfwd=tcp::2222-:22, \
+    -vga virtio \
+    -enable-kvm \
+    -cpu host \
+    -display none,show-cursor=on