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== **kvm** ( Kernel-based Virtual Machine ) ==
((https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine KVM wikipedia))
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**Packages**
* ((http://sourceforge.net/projects/kvm/files/qemu-kvm/ qemu-kvm 1.2.0))
* ((http://wiki.qemu-project.org/download/ qemu-1.7.0))
* ((http://libvirt.org/ libvirt-1.2.0))
* ((https://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/ virtio-win-0.1-74))
* ((http://virt-manager.org/ virt-manager 0.10.0 - virtinst 0.600.4 - virt-viewer 0.5.7))
* ((http://augeas.net/ augeas-1.1.0))
* ((http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/febootstrap/files/ febootstrap 3.18)) [deprecated]
* ((http://libguestfs.org/download/supermin/ supermin-4.1.5))
* ((http://libguestfs.org/download/hivex/ hivex-1.3.8))
* ((http://libguestfs.org/ libguestfs-1.24.2))
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qemu-kvm -hda WinXP.vmdk
-win2k-hack
-m 256
-vga std
-boot d
-cdrom WinXP.iso
-no-acpi
-localtime
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qemu-kvm winxp.qcow2 -cdrom winxp.iso
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qemu-kvm archlinux.vdi
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# qemu-img convert -f vdi win2003.vdi -O qcow2 win2003.qcow2
# qemu-img convert -f qcow2 winxp.qcow2 -O qed winxp.qed
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qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtualdisk 5G
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$ qemu-img info WinXP.vmdk
image: WinXP/WinXP-disk1.vmdk
file format: vmdk
virtual size: 4.0G (4294967296 bytes)
disk size: 3.6G
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kvm archlinux.qcow2
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qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk1 10g
qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk2 10g
qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk3 10g
qemu-img -f qcow2 vdisk4 10g
kvm \
-cdrom systemrescuecd-x86-2.3.1.iso \
-drive file=vdisk1,if=virtio \
-drive file=vdisk2,if=virtio \
-drive file=vdisk3,if=virtio \
-drive file=vdisk4,if=virtio
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User Authentication
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sudo saslpasswd2 -a libvirt ebal
Password: ******
Again (for verification): ******
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=== kvm on lvm ===
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# lvcreate -L 5G vg01 -n winxp
# kvm -cpu host -m 2048 /dev/vg01/winxp -cdrom winxp.iso -boot d
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=== kvm on lvm on virtio ===
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qemu-kvm -drive file=/dev/vg01/wintest,if=virtio -cdrom winxp.iso -m 1024 -usb -fda viostor-0.1-22.img -cpu host -boot d
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((https://balaskas.gr/img/viostor-0.1-22.img viostor-0.1-22.img))
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=== virsh qemu-attach ===
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qemu-kvm /dev/vg01/wintest -cdrom winxp.iso -m 1024 -usbdevice tablet -name wintest -vnc :1 -monitor unix:/tmp/wintest,server,nowait -boot menu=on -fda viostor-0.1-22.img
virsh qemu-attach PID
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=== kernel initrd ===
Boot specific kernel image with initrd image
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/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 -kernel vmlinuz -initrd core.gz
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=== dnsmasq ===
default example
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<network>
<name>default</name>
<uuid>20afd66e-3b86-4d3d-b7d8-57d03c28ef0c</uuid>
<bridge name="virbr0"/>
<forward/>
<ip address="192.168.122.1" netmask="255.255.255.0">
<dhcp>
<range start="192.168.122.2" end="192.168.122.254"/>
<host mac='52:54:00:ea:05:c5' name='winxp' ip='192.168.122.20' />
</dhcp>
</ip>
</network>
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=== qemu-kvm supported machine types ===
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qemu-kvm -M ?
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=== qemu-kvm driver ===
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qemu-kvm -device ?
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=== libvirt operating system support ===
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virt-install --os-variant list
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=== spice channel ===
host
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-device virtio-serial -chardev spicevmc,id=vdagent,name=vdagent -device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0
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=== usb ====
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# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Flash Drive
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sudo kvm winxp.clone -m 1024 -usb -device usb-host,hostbus=1,hostaddr=10 -cpu host -usbdevice tablet
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=== arm ===
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qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.32-5-versatile -hda debian_lenny_armel_standard.qcow2 -append "root=/dev/sda1"
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