VirtualBox from the command line
Warren Block
wblock at wonkity.com
Fri Mar 19 03:46:04 UTC 2010
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010, Adam Vande More wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Aiza <aiza21 at comclark.com> wrote:
>
>> Does VirtualBox launch from the FBSD command line?
>> Is there a package for it in the pkg system?
>>
>
> # VirtualBox -h
> Sun VirtualBox Graphical User Interface 3.1.2_OSE
> (C) 2005-2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> All rights reserved.
>
> Usage:
> --startvm <vmname|UUID> start a VM by specifying its UUID or name
> --rmode sdl|image select different render mode (default is sdl)
>
> There are other ways too, eg VBoxHeadless
And VBoxSDL. And VBoxManage. You can even create VMs from the command
line, but it's fairly involved.
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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