Install GuestOS2009/06/13

	This example shows to install Fedora 11 for GuestOS. Desktop Environment is required.
[1]	Create an image file and start X server.

[root@dlp ~]#

mkdir /var/kvm

[root@dlp ~]#

qemu-img create -f qcow2 /var/kvm/www.img 30G

Formating '/var/kvm/www.img', fmt=qcow2, size=20971520 kB
[root@dlp ~]#

startx

[2]	Run X terminal like below. If you don't have ISO file, insert install disk in your computer and input '-cdrom /dev/cdrom'.

[root@dlp ~]# cd /var/kvm
[root@dlp kvm]# qemu-kvm -m 512 -cdrom /var/kvm/iso/Fedora-11-x86_64-DVD.iso -hda www.img

# -m [amount of memory]
# -hda [virtual disk]

[3]	Installer starts like below. After finishing to install Fedora 12, the system will restart and boot automatically.

[4]	To start guestOS, input commands like below.

[root@dlp ~]# cd /var/kvm
[root@dlp kvm]# qemu-kvm -m 512 -hda www.img -daemonize

# -m [amount of memory]
# -hda [virtual disk]
# -daemonize [make it be daemon]

	Guest is running normally.

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