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Howto: Thinclient - Kernel-based Virtual Machine - KVM for Gentoo Linux

This is a small documentation how I added the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) Support to the Thinclient.
Before you emerge the software you should make the chages in make.conf and package.keywords.
For creating a 10GB harddiskimage for KVM you can use the following command:

qemu-img create /path/to/your/vmimage.img 10G

For booting a CD/DVD from the physical CD/DVD-Drive i a VM with networking and 1GB RAM you can use the following command

kvm -hda /path/to/your/vmimage.img -cdrom /dev/cdrom -m 1024 -net nic,macaddr=00:1d:92:ab:cd:ef -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -name myvm1 -boot d

For Passthrough an USB Device you can add e.g. "-usb -usbdevice host:aaaa:bbbb" to the commandline.

kvm -hda /path/to/your/vmimage.img -cdrom /dev/cdrom -m 1024 -net nic,macaddr=00:1d:92:ab:cd:ef -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no -name myvm1 -boot d -usb -usbdevice host:aaaa:bbbb

For getting the correct USB ID you cal use the lsusb-command.

If you want to use this solution you need the following howto(s) finished:

Thinclient - Basesystem

Required software

The required software has to be installed with the following command(s):

chroot /gtc/test /bin/bash -c 'env-update &>/dev/null && source /etc/profile && emerge app-emulation/qemu-kvm'

Changes in /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/startup/gtc-startupconfig

File permissions:
Owner: root
Group: root
Permissions: -r-x------

Click here for a download of the complete file: /gtc/test/etc/thinclient/startup/gtc-startupconfig

Changed on 20.04.10
Issued by olli
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This is for loading the KVM-Drivers automatically at system startup

g_echo_ok "Loading KVM modules"
modprobe kvm >/dev/null 2>&1
modprobe kvm-amd >/dev/null 2>&1
modprobe kvm-intel >/dev/null 2>&1

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