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Module 16 - CDROMs

Historical miniclass

This lesson was recovered from the former Sandia minimega site. It is preserved for reference and may describe obsolete software, operating systems, commands, or external resources. Consult the current documentation before applying it.

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Introduction

With a running VM you can change the ISO using vm cdrom

Creating an ISO from a folder

apt-get install mkisofs
cd /home/ubuntu/
mkdir -p isofolder
echo 'a'> isofolder/test
mkisofs -o new.iso isofolder/

Example

vm kill all
vm flush
clear vm config
vm config disk /home/ubuntu/wireshark.qcow2
vm config memory 256
vm launch kvm wireshark
vm start wireshark

Insert your ISO

vm cdrom change wireshark /home/ubuntu/new.iso

Eject your ISO

vm cdrom eject wireshark