[PLUG] Problems with Virtual Box

[Paul Heinlein]

On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Daniel Herrington wrote:

> Have you tried KVM? I've been using it successfully without issues 
> for about a year. I find it very intuitive and easy to build, copy, 
> and maintain images on the command line.

+1

Here's a shell script (some details elided) I used to install Windows 
XP as a KVM-hosted VM:

virt-install \
   --name="WinVM" --ram="2048" --vcpus="2" \
   --os-type="windows" \
   --network="bridge:br0" --mac="54:52:00:XX:YY:ZZ" \
   --disk="path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/WinVM.dsk,size=30"\
   --cdrom="/usr/local/src/winxp-sp3.iso" \
   --vnc --hvm --accelerate

You'll need to update the various options for your local setup, of 
course, but otherwise it's a straightforward process.

You'll get a VNC window for the installer GUI...

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