script for creating kvm virtual machine from a raw partition which has DDed the vm image.

create_kvm_guest.sh

#!/bin/sh

USAGE='Usage: ./create_kvm.sh kvm_name lvm hd1'
# kvm_name is the virtual machine's name
# lvm is the virtual machine's image disk path
# hd1 is the addtional disk we want to attach to this kvm

if [ "$1" = "help" ]
then
  echo $USAGE
elif [ "$1" = "--help" ]
then
  echo $USAGE
elif [ "$1" = "" ]
then
	echo $USAGE
else
    virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n $1 -r 2048 --vcpus=2 --cpuset=18,19 \
    --disk path=$2 --import $2 --disk path=$3 --vnc --noautoconsole --os-type linux \
    --os-variant rhel5.4 --accelerate \
    --network=bridge:br0 --network=bridge:br1 --hvm --autostart
fi