From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 535791EF6BC; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 23:22:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jdc.jasonjgw.net (jdc.jasonjgw.net [IPv6:2001:44b8:412f:6e00::2]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9795D1EF6B4 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2013 23:22:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: by jdc.jasonjgw.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1373F18063584; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 13:22:03 +1000 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=jasonjgw.net; s=mail; t=1372735323; bh=Je47plXBLLrSHmNBzivVmDWeASytcCsQ7oGHWgl5VHI=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=1PLE9yBzg6Pl+FuzP5rdjfRNUbGsCZiV2GpS5ZnG1vWW6qlh9mRcNdfuHtQ0gah1b a0BcZbUxbd/sgUm5SopxSRdTGhVjJAMG1E9gn49A3HZ9bcPfSSn5PSEK3nW0JTx27I 3Ty/+/ZWYfz6DrysnwCuanboG4WBSQaUyFcldTAc= Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 13:22:03 +1000 From: Jason White To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: what vm solutions do people use Message-ID: <20130702032203.GA8380@jdc.jasonjgw.net> References: <20130702013621.GA6937@jdc.jasonjgw.net> <4d4d17c1-c035-47da-a720-0cee45b1f503@default> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d4d17c1-c035-47da-a720-0cee45b1f503@default> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.2 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 03:22:06 -0000 Don Raikes wrote: > I need a vm solution as well, so if you could send any info on setup and usage, I would appreciate it. It should be easy enough to find "HOWTO" guides on the Web, so instead of duplicating what they document better than I can in a mailing list post, I'll give the highlights here. There are basically two approaches: you can run kvm from the shell, or you can run it via virt-install and virsh, which also have the advantage of supporting other virtualization solutions such as Xen. VirtualBox is from Oracle (a former Sun project) and has an extensive command line interface also, but I haven't used it. If you wish to run Kvm directly (as you may for some of its accessibility features), I would suggest reading the manual page and selecting command line options appropriately. On my system (Debian), the qemu manual page is the place to start - see also qemu-img for creating virtual disk images. If you're booting an ISO 9660 image that supports text mode, you can run Qemu/Kvm so that it provides terminal (curses) output. This can be very helpful during installation; I've booted Grml this way. The audio and braille display support should all be in the manual page. Virtual serial ports can be configured too. I hope this is a helpful starting point.