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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +This copy of kvm-init-script has a bugfix from the one at +http://www.pkgcore.org/~ferringb/kvm-example-conf-funtoo +It also adds printing the vnc port number to the "Starting..." + message. This makes it easier to know the port # to connect to with + vnc viewer , etc. Usefull info when you run several vm's at the same time. + + +the instructions are quite simple. + + + cp kvm-init-script /etc/init.d/kvm + cp kvm-conf.example /etc/conf.d/kvm.example + + +Edit the kvm.example changing mac address, vnc port, etc. as needed. +You can see I have several OTHER_ARGS= lines pre-defined, so that it is easy to + switch the boot up options by just commenting/uncommenting the desired line. + + Hmm, this could probably be extended to accept startup options that can select + which OTHER_ARGS=line to use for the startup. + +Save it to /etc/kvm.instance-name + +create the init script instance with a matching name + + ln -s /etc/init.d/kvm /etc/init.d/kvm.instance-name + +then start it; + + /etc/init.d/kvm.instance-name start + +It also responds to stop, reboot (which sends the vm the reboot signal, + so it can do a proper shutdown/reboot). + +It can also be added to different run levels using rc-update. + |