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Start KVM guest headless

DISCUSSION Simon Gao 4 participants 4 messages Oct 10, 2008 KVM

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I am wondering to how to start a KVM guest OS headless, ie, no monitoring window? And I can attach to the guest's console if I want to.

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I am wondering to how to start a KVM guest OS headless, ie, no monitoring window? And I can attach to the guest's console if I want to.

-vnc <displaynum>

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Quoted 2 lines · Simon Gao

I am wondering to how to start a KVM guest OS headless, ie, no monitoring window? And I can attach to the guest's console if I want to.

http://bellard.org/qemu/qemu-doc.html#SEC10

Read about the '-vnc' option to start it headless, and connect with a VNC client to see graphical console. Or use -serial and configure the guest OS to have a serial console login.

Regards,
Daniel

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