diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+++ b/build.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+BUILD_DIR="build"
+CORE_COUNT=8
+BUILD_TYPE="Debug"
+TARGET="bootdisk"
+
+echo "Creating build-directory ${BUILD_DIR}"
+mkdir -p ${BUILD_DIR}
+cd $BUILD_DIR || exit
+
+echo "Using ${CORE_COUNT} CPU-Cores for make"
+
+cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="${BUILD_TYPE}"
+make -j "${CORE_COUNT}" "${TARGET}"
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+QEMU_BIN="qemu-system-i386"
+QEMU_MACHINE="pc"
+QEMU_CPU="base"
+QEMU_RAM="128M"
+QEMU_ARGS="-drive format=raw,file=./bootdisk.vmi -boot a -k en-us -vga std -serial stdio" # or -monitor stdio
+QEMU_AUDIO_ARGS="-audiodev id=pa,driver=pa -machine pcspk-audiodev=pa"
+QEMU_GDB_PORT=""
+
+command="${QEMU_BIN} -machine ${QEMU_MACHINE} -m ${QEMU_RAM} -cpu ${QEMU_CPU} ${QEMU_ARGS} ${QEMU_AUDIO_ARGS}"
+
+printf "Running: %s\\n" "${command}"
+
+if [ -n "${QEMU_GDB_PORT}" ]; then
+  $command -gdb tcp::"${QEMU_GDB_PORT}" -S &
+else
+  $command
+fi