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Automatic Debian7 installation on qemu, using libvirt, the debian installer and a preseed file, inside a terminal (ie you can start it on a remote server)
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qemu-autostable-serial
#!/bin/sh
export OS=Debian7
virt-install \
--connect qemu:///system \
--name ${OS} \
--ram 512 \
--vcpus 1 \
--file ${OS}.img \
--file-size=4 \
--location http://http.debian.net/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/ \
--virt-type qemu \
--os-variant debianwheezy \
--network=user \
--extra-args "auto=true hostname=${OS} domain= url=http://subsole.org/static/misc/debian-preseed.cfg text console=ttyS0,9600n8p"
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