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vboxmanage_cheat_sheet.txt
# start a guest in headless mode
vboxmanage startvm guestvmname --type headless
# add a nic (number 2) to guest, setting it to be on the host-only network, and make it a virtio device
vboxmanage modifyvm guestvmname --nic2 hostonly --nictype2 virtio --hostonlyadapter2 vboxnet0
# remove nic number 2
vboxmanage modifyvm guestvmname --nic2 none
# turn on host i/o cache - needed for the virtual disk on ext4 on older kernels
vboxmanage storagectl guestvmname --name SATA --hostiocache on
# enable dhcp server on the host-only network
vboxmanage dhcpserver add --ifname vboxnet0 --ip 192.168.56.1 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --lowerip 192.168.56.11 --upperip 192.168.56.200 --enable
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