If you have qemu-system-x86_64, simply run make qemu.
It also works with VMware. You will probably have to rename the matrix.bin to matrix.img to select the file (as a floppy disk image).
This bootloader has been tested on real hardware, it should works on yours !
Just compile (make) the code and use dd with matrix.bin as input to create a bootable usb device.
make
dd if=matrix.bin of=/dev/<yourUsbDevice> bs=512 count=1
