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OPS335 Supplementary Material

• User:Kent Poots/OPS335 Assignment1

How to install Cloud images on Centos Overview:

1. Download the image in raw format
2. Use virt-install, e.g.:

1. virt-install -n vmname -r 2048 --os-type=windows --os-variant=win7 --disk /kvm/images/disk/vmname_boot.img,device=disk,bus=virtio -w bridge=br0,model=virtio --vnc --noautoconsole --import

Reference:

• note: not tested ! http://blog.allanglesit.com/2011/03/kvm-guests-using-virt-install-to-import-an-existing-disk-image/