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18 vmdebootstrap \- install basic Debian system into virtual disk image
22 installs a basic Debian system into a virtual disk image,
23 for use with virtual machines,
24 such as KVM, Qemu, or VirtualBox.
27 which does the same thing, but puts the system into a directory,
40 you probably want to create a virtual machine using your preferred
41 virtualization technology, such as
45 Configure the virtual machine to use the image you've created.
46 Then start the virtual machine,
47 and log into it via its console to configure it.
49 The image will be using
52 It has an empty root password.
53 The image will not have networking configured.
54 Set the root password before you configure networking.
57 To create an image for the stable release of Debian:
60 sudo ./vmdebootstrap --image test.img --size 1g \\
61 --log test.log --log-level debug --verbose \\
62 --mirror http://mirror.lan/debian/