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 $ yum install virtualbox-3.1
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+===== Commonly-used commands =====
+==== List your VMs ====
+<code>$ VBoxManage list vms</code>
+==== List your running VMs ====
+<code>$ VBoxManage list runningvms </code>
+==== Autostart VMs at host boot ====
+----
+Two Methods:
+VBoxTool http://vboxtool.sourceforge.net
+Script from http://www.kernelhardware.org/virtualbox-auto-start-vm-centos-fedora-redhat
+VBoxTool currently consist only of a set of scripts. With this scripts, virtual
+machines of VirtualBox in a Linux headless server can be controlled. Start, stop,
+save, backup and show status of sessions in batch mode from the command line.
+Usage and installation is tested only on Ubuntu. Please report if a specific
+function is not working in another environment, say OpenSUSE, Fedora, etc.
+INSTALLATION
+Note. Precede commands with 'sudo' when not operated as root.
+* Place the main script script/vboxtool in /usr/local/bin
+* Make vboxtool executable:
+    chmod +x /usr/local/bin/vboxtool
+* Place the init script script/vboxtoolinit in /etc/init.d
+* Make vboxtoolinit executable:
+    chmod +x /etc/init.d/vboxtoolinit
+* Activate the init script vboxtoolinit:
+    update-rc.d vboxtoolinit defaults 99 10
+* Create a folder /etc/vboxtool. In here, two config files have to be created, see
+  configuration section below, type 'vboxtool help' for more instructions.
+Note. To remove vboxtoolinit from autostart: update-rc.d -f vboxtoolinit remove
+CONFIGURATION
+Note. Configuration from vboxtool does *not* taking place on *running* sessions,
+so save or stop all sessions before issueing the autostart command.
+* Create /etc/vboxtool/machines.conf:
+    <session name>,<VRDP-port>
-==== Commonly-used commands ====
-List your VMs:
-<code>VBoxManage list vms</code>
-List all running VMs:
-<code>VBoxManage list runningvms </code>