Creating an Image
Create a raw image on Client 1. This represents the main hard drive of the VM, so be sure to give it adequate space:
localadmin@watson~$: kvm-img create -f raw server.img 5G
Download the ISO for the OS you want to install. This example uses Ubuntu:
localadmin@watson~$: wget http://releases.ubuntu.com/oneric/ubuntu-11.10-server-amd64.iso
Boot a KVM instance using the OS installer ISO to begin installation. The last option here sets up a Virtual Network Computing (VNC) display at port 0 that you use to connect to the VM via VNC:
localadmin@watson~$: sudo kvm -m 256 -cdrom ubuntu-11.04-server-amd64.iso -drive file=server.img,if=scsi,index=0 ...
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