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| 3 | manpage, user manual, usage: VBoxManage unattended
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| 30 | ]>
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| 31 | <refentry id="vboxmanage-unattended" lang="en">
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| 32 | <refentryinfo>
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| 33 | <pubdate>$Date: 2023-04-21 21:59:02 +0000 (Fri, 21 Apr 2023) $</pubdate>
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| 34 | <title>VBoxManage unattended</title>
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| 35 | </refentryinfo>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <refmeta>
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| 38 | <refentrytitle>VBoxManage-unattended</refentrytitle>
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| 39 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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| 40 | </refmeta>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <refnamediv>
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| 43 | <refname>VBoxManage-unattended</refname>
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| 44 | <refpurpose>unattended guest OS installation</refpurpose>
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| 45 | <refclass>&product-name;</refclass>
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| 46 | </refnamediv>
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| 47 |
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| 48 | <refsynopsisdiv>
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| 49 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-unattended-detect"> <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 50 | <command>VBoxManage unattended detect</command>
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| 51 | <arg choice="req">--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></arg>
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| 52 | <arg>--machine-readable</arg>
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| 53 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 54 | <cmdsynopsis id="synopsis-vboxmanage-unattended-install"> <!-- The 'id' is mandatory and must start with 'synopsis-'. -->
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| 55 | <command>VBoxManage unattended install</command>
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| 56 | <group choice="req">
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| 57 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>uuid</replaceable></arg>
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| 58 | <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>vmname</replaceable></arg>
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| 59 | </group>
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| 60 | <arg choice="req">--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></arg>
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| 61 | <arg>--user=<replaceable>login</replaceable></arg>
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| 62 | <arg>--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></arg>
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| 63 | <arg>--password-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
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| 64 | <arg>--full-user-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></arg>
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| 65 | <arg>--key=<replaceable>product-key</replaceable></arg>
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| 66 | <arg>--install-additions</arg>
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| 67 | <arg>--no-install-additions</arg>
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| 68 | <arg>--additions-iso=<replaceable>add-iso</replaceable></arg>
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| 69 | <arg>--install-txs</arg>
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| 70 | <arg>--no-install-txs</arg>
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| 71 | <arg>--validation-kit-iso=<replaceable>testing-iso</replaceable></arg>
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| 72 | <arg>--locale=<replaceable>ll_CC</replaceable></arg>
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| 73 | <arg>--country=<replaceable>CC</replaceable></arg>
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| 74 | <arg>--time-zone=<replaceable>tz</replaceable></arg>
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| 75 | <arg>--hostname=<replaceable>fqdn</replaceable></arg>
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| 76 | <arg>--package-selection-adjustment=<replaceable>keyword</replaceable></arg>
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| 77 | <arg>--dry-run</arg>
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| 78 | <arg>--auxiliary-base-path=<replaceable>path</replaceable></arg>
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| 79 | <arg>--image-index=<replaceable>number</replaceable></arg>
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| 80 | <arg>--script-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
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| 81 | <arg>--post-install-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
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| 82 | <arg>--post-install-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></arg>
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| 83 | <arg>--extra-install-kernel-parameters=<replaceable>params</replaceable></arg>
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| 84 | <arg>--language=<replaceable>lang</replaceable></arg>
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| 85 | <arg>--start-vm=<replaceable>session-type</replaceable></arg>
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| 86 | </cmdsynopsis>
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| 87 | </refsynopsisdiv>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <refsect1 id="vboxmanage-unattended-description">
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| 90 | <title>Description</title>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-unattended-detect">
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| 93 | <title>unattended detect</title>
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| 94 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 95 | <para>
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| 96 | Detects the guest operating system (OS) on the specified installation ISO
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| 97 | and displays the result. This can be used as input when creating a VM for
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| 98 | the ISO to be installed in.
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| 99 | </para>
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| 100 | <variablelist>
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| 101 | <varlistentry>
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| 102 | <term><option>--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></option></term>
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| 103 | <listitem><para>The installation ISO to run the detection on.</para></listitem>
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| 104 | </varlistentry>
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| 105 | <varlistentry>
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| 106 | <term><option>--machine-readable</option></term>
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| 107 | <listitem><para>Produce output that is simpler to parse from a script.</para></listitem>
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| 108 | </varlistentry>
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| 109 | </variablelist>
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| 110 | </refsect2>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <refsect2 id="vboxmanage-unattended-install">
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| 113 | <title>unattended install</title>
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| 114 | <remark role="help-copy-synopsis"/>
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| 115 | <para>
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| 116 | Reconfigures the specified VM for installation and optionally starts it up.
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| 117 | </para>
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| 118 | <variablelist>
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| 119 | <varlistentry>
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| 120 | <term><option><replaceable>uuid</replaceable> | <replaceable>vmname</replaceable></option></term>
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| 121 | <listitem><para>Either the UUID or the name (case sensitive) of a VM.</para></listitem>
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| 122 | </varlistentry>
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| 123 | <varlistentry>
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| 124 | <term><option>--iso=<replaceable>install-iso</replaceable></option></term>
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| 125 | <listitem><para>The installation ISO to run the detection on.</para></listitem>
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| 126 | </varlistentry>
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| 127 | <varlistentry>
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| 128 | <term><option>--user=<replaceable>login</replaceable></option></term>
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| 129 | <listitem><para>The login name. (default: vboxuser)</para></listitem>
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| 130 | </varlistentry>
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| 131 | <varlistentry>
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| 132 | <term><option>--password=<replaceable>password</replaceable></option></term>
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| 133 | <listitem>
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| 134 | <para>The login password. This is used for the user given by <option>--user</option> as well as the
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| 135 | root/administrator user. (default: changeme)</para></listitem>
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| 136 | </varlistentry>
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| 137 | <varlistentry>
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| 138 | <term><option>--password-file=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
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| 139 | <listitem>
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| 140 | <para>Alternative to <option>--password</option> for providing the password. Special filename
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| 141 | <computeroutput>stdin</computeroutput> can be used to read the password from standard input.</para></listitem>
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| 142 | </varlistentry>
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| 143 | <varlistentry>
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| 144 | <term><option>--full-user-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>
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| 145 | <listitem><para>The full user name. (default: --user)</para></listitem>
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| 146 | </varlistentry>
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| 147 | <varlistentry>
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| 148 | <term><option>--key=<replaceable>product-key</replaceable></option></term>
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| 149 | <listitem><para>The guest OS product key. Not all guest OSes requires this.</para></listitem>
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| 150 | </varlistentry>
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| 151 | <varlistentry>
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| 152 | <term><option>--install-additions</option>, <option>--no-install-additions</option></term>
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| 153 | <listitem><para>Whether to install the VirtualBox guest additions. (default: --no-install-addations)</para></listitem>
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| 154 | </varlistentry>
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| 155 | <varlistentry>
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| 156 | <term><option>--additions-iso=<replaceable>add-iso</replaceable></option></term>
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| 157 | <listitem>
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| 158 | <para>Path to the VirtualBox guest additions ISO. (default: installed/downloaded GAs)</para></listitem>
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| 159 | </varlistentry>
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| 160 | <varlistentry>
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| 161 | <term><option>--install-txs</option>, <option>--no-install-txs</option></term>
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| 162 | <listitem>
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| 163 | <para>Whether to install the test execution service (TXS) from the VirtualBox ValidationKit.
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| 164 | This is useful when preparing VMs for testing or similar. (default: --no-install-txs)</para></listitem>
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| 165 | </varlistentry>
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| 166 | <varlistentry>
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| 167 | <term><option>--validation-kit-iso=<replaceable>testing-iso</replaceable></option></term>
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| 168 | <listitem>
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| 169 | <para>Path to the VirtualBox ValidationKit ISO. This is required if <option>--install-txs</option>
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| 170 | is specified. </para></listitem>
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| 171 | </varlistentry>
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| 172 | <varlistentry>
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| 173 | <term><option>--locale=<replaceable>ll_CC</replaceable></option></term>
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| 174 | <listitem>
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| 175 | <para>The base locale specification for the guest, like en_US, de_CH, or nn_NO. (default: host or en_US)</para></listitem>
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| 176 | </varlistentry>
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| 177 | <varlistentry>
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| 178 | <term><option>--country=<replaceable>CC</replaceable></option></term>
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| 179 | <listitem><para>The two letter country code if it differs from the specified by <option>--location</option>.</para></listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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| 181 | <varlistentry>
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| 182 | <term><option>--time-zone=<replaceable>tz</replaceable></option></term>
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| 183 | <listitem><para>The time zone to set up the guest OS with. (default: host time zone or UTC)</para></listitem>
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| 184 | </varlistentry>
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| 185 | <varlistentry>
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| 186 | <term><option>--hostname=<replaceable>fqdn</replaceable></option></term>
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| 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>The fully qualified domain name of the guest machine.
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| 189 | (default: <replaceable>vmname</replaceable>.myguest.virtualbox.org)</para></listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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| 191 | <varlistentry>
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| 192 | <term><option>--package-selection-adjustment=<replaceable>keyword</replaceable></option></term>
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| 193 | <listitem>
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| 194 | <para>Adjustments to the guest OS packages/components selection. This can be specfied more than once. Currently
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| 195 | the only recognized keyword is <computeroutput>minimal</computeroutput> which triggers a minimal installation for
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| 196 | some of the guest OSes.</para></listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 | <varlistentry>
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| 199 | <term><option>--dry-run</option></term>
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| 200 | <listitem><para>Do not create any files or make any changes to the VM configuration.</para></listitem>
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| 201 | </varlistentry>
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| 202 | <varlistentry>
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| 203 | <term><option>--start-vm=<replaceable>session-type</replaceable></option></term>
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| 204 | <listitem>
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| 205 | <para>Start the VM using the front end given by <replaceable>session-type</replaceable>. This is the same as
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| 206 | the <option>--type</option> option for the <computeroutput>startvm</computeroutput> command, but we have add
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| 207 | <computeroutput>none</computeroutput> for indicating that the VM should not be started.
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| 208 | (default: <computeroutput>none</computeroutput>)</para></listitem>
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| 209 | </varlistentry>
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| 210 | </variablelist>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <para>Advanced options:</para>
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| 213 | <variablelist>
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| 214 | <varlistentry>
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| 215 | <term><option>--auxiliary-base-path=<replaceable>path</replaceable></option></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>The path prefix to the media related files generated for the installation.
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| 218 | (default: <replaceable>vm-config-dir</replaceable>/Unattended-<replaceable>vm-uuid</replaceable>-)</para></listitem>
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| 219 | </varlistentry>
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| 220 | <varlistentry>
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| 221 | <term><option>--image-index=<replaceable>number</replaceable></option></term>
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| 222 | <listitem><para>Windows installation image index. (default: 1)</para></listitem>
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| 223 | </varlistentry>
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| 224 | <varlistentry>
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| 225 | <term><option>--script-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
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| 226 | <listitem><para>The unattended installation script template. (default: IMachine::OSTypeId dependent)</para></listitem>
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| 227 | </varlistentry>
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| 228 | <varlistentry>
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| 229 | <term><option>--post-install-template=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>
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| 230 | <listitem><para>The post installation script template. (default: IMachine::OSTypeId dependent)</para></listitem>
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| 231 | </varlistentry>
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| 232 | <varlistentry>
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| 233 | <term><option>--post-install-command=<replaceable>command</replaceable></option></term>
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| 234 | <listitem>
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| 235 | <para>A single command to run after the installation is completed. The exact format and exactly
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| 236 | when this is run is guest OS installer dependent.</para></listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 | <varlistentry>
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| 239 | <term><option>--extra-install-kernel-parameters=<replaceable>params</replaceable></option></term>
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| 240 | <listitem>
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| 241 | <para>
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| 242 | List of extra linux kernel parameters to use during the installation. (default: IMachine::OSTypeId dependent)
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| 243 | </para></listitem>
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| 244 | </varlistentry>
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| 245 | <varlistentry>
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| 246 | <term><option>--language=<replaceable>lang</replaceable></option></term>
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| 247 | <listitem>
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| 248 | <para>
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| 249 | Specifies the UI language for a Windows installation. The <replaceable>lang</replaceable> is
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| 250 | generally on the form {ll}-{CC}. See detectedOSLanguages results from <command>VBoxManage unattended detect</command>.
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| 251 | (default: detectedOSLanguages[0])</para></listitem>
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| 252 | </varlistentry>
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| 253 |
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| 254 | </variablelist>
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| 255 | </refsect2>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | </refsect1>
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| 258 | </refentry>
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