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You need a recent virtualbox, or the (proprietary) server version of it (which is free as in beer). In any case, the steps below work for me on Ubuntu intrepid:

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You need a recent virtualbox, or the (proprietary) server version of it (which is free as in beer). In any case, the steps below work for me on Ubuntu intrepid:

/etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free

Execute:

$ wajig install virtualbox-2.1

Answer yes to install the kernel module, it should just work. Create the virtual image:

$ VBoxManage createvm -name ubuntu -register
$ VBoxManage modifyvm ubuntu -memory "2048MB" -acpi on -boot1 dvd -nic1 nat
$ VBoxManage createvdi -filename “/var/vbox/ubuntu.vdi” -size 20000 -register
$ VBoxManage registerimage dvd ~/ext/debian-40r6-amd64-netinst.iso
$ VBoxManage modifyvm ubuntu -dvd ~/ext/debian-40r6-amd64-netinst.iso

Start the image

$ VBoxHeadless -startvm ubuntu
VirtualBox Headless Interface 2.1.2
(C) 2008-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Listening on port 3389

Connect to the image (requires X) on the same machine:

rdesktop localhost

Or you can login remotely by forwarding the 3389 port:

$ ssh -L 3389:localhost:3389 server

And from your desktop computer

rdesktop localhost

Stop the image (do not save changes)

VBoxManage controlvm ubuntu poweroff

Stop the image (save changes)

VBoxManage controlvm ubuntu savestate

SageVirtualBox (last edited 2012-02-14 22:35:28 by ltw)