Starting VM without starting VirtualBox first?

cditty · Post by **cditty** » 8. Feb 2009, 23:46

Is it possible to start the virtual machine without having to go into the virtual box software first? ie...type a command line arguement that starts the given machine?

Thanks
Chris

cditty · Post by **cditty** » 8. Feb 2009, 23:52

Never mind. Found it.

For those that need it,
VirtualBox -startvm "name_of_the_virtual_machine"

Post by **TerryE** » 9. Feb 2009, 00:19

or you can use VBoxSDL or VBoxHeadless depending on the virtualised KVM that you wish to adopt. The manual explains the differences.

noobieocer · Post by **noobieocer** » 9. Feb 2009, 15:08

hi a lil help i tried what you said and:

chi@chi-laptop:~$ virtualbox -startvm "tiny XP"
The program 'virtualbox' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose
bash: virtualbox: command not found

i got sun xVM, is the instructions differnt?

nvm found out how:

chi@chi-laptop:~$ vboxmanage -startvm "tiny XP"
The program 'vboxmanage' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose
bash: vboxmanage: command not found
chi@chi-laptop:~$ VBoxManage startvm "Tiny XP"
VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 2.1.2
(C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
All rights reserved.

Waiting for the remote session to open...
Remote session has been successfully opened.

now can i start this in seemless?

cditty · Post by **cditty** » 9. Feb 2009, 16:00

Linux based operating systems are case sensative. You used all lowercase, where mine had a some upper and lower. Try again using my example EXACTLY as it was typed and you should be good.

Post by **TerryE** » 9. Feb 2009, 16:09

noobieocer wrote:now can i start this in seemless?

Read the Forum FAQ. You need to install Guest Additions for Windows (the manual explains how). Note that you might have a few problems with TinyXP.