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VirtualBox
Command Line VM Creation
Command Line VM Creation
Create VM
Create VM
VBoxManage list ostypes
VBoxManage createvm --name OELTest --ostype Oracle_64 --register
VBoxManage showvminfo OELTest
VBoxManage modifyvm OELTest --cpus 2 --memory 2048 --vram 12
VBoxManage modifyvm OELTest --nic1 bridged --bridgeadapter1 enp1s0
to identify ostype for createvm below
to create an empty VM (no OS yet)
to show parameter that you may wish to change
HDD
HDD
VBoxManage createmedium disk --filename /path/u01.vdi --size 5120 --variant Standard
VBoxManage createmedium disk --filename /path/u02.vdi --size 5120 --variant Standard
Standard is dynamically allocated storage with upper bound specified by --size, use Fixed to give fixed storageVBoxManage storagectl OELTest --name "SATA" --add sata --bootable on --portcount 5
VBoxManage storageattach OELTest --storagectl "SATA" --port 0 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /path/u01.vdi
VBoxManage storageattach OELTest --storagectl "SATA" --port 1 --device 0 --type hdd --medium /path/u02.vdi
DVD/ISO
DVD/ISO
VBoxManage storagectl OELTest --name "IDE" --add ide
To attach the host DVD Drive...
VBoxManage storageattach OELTest --storagectl "IDE" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium host:/dev/dvd
To attach an ISO image...
VBoxManage storageattach OELTest --storagectl "IDE" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium "myiso.iso"
To remove...
VBoxManage storageattach OELTest --storagectl "IDE" --port 1 --device 0 --type dvddrive --medium none
Start VM
Start VM
VBoxManage startvm OELTest
Bibliography
Bibliography
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes
vboxmanagehttps://www.oracle.com/technical-resources/articles/it-infrastructure/admin-manage-vbox-cli.htmlhttps://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch08.htmlhttps://superuser.com/questions/741734/virtualbox-how-can-i-add-mount-a-iso-image-file-from-command-line
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