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+# Usage:
+
+Bootstrap MES and more:
+
+```
+# start a qemu-instance:
+# ./rootfs
+
+or
+
+# bootstraps in a chroot:
+# ./rootfs chroot
+```
+
+It mounts a ramdisk/tmpfs, where 
+all the produced stuff lands in. 
+