kvm start

stefan@halley ~ $ cat /mnt/KVM/Gentoo/startGentoo64.sh
#!/bin/bash
#
# This seems complicated, so here are the parts:
start_vm()
{
	local conf=""

	# network config, see http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/KVM_with_VDE
	# conf="${conf} -net vde -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=52:54:00:00:EE:03"
	conf="${conf} -net nic,macaddr=00:00:00:00:00:00 -net tap,ifname=tap0,script=no,downscript=no"

	# 1GB RAM
	conf="${conf} -m 1024"

	# time setting (localtime or utc): host has localtime for dual-boot with windows
	conf="${conf} -localtime"

	# hard disk image
	conf="${conf} -hda /mnt/KVM/Gentoo/gentoo-amd64.img"

	# boot from CD for installation
	# conf="${conf} -cdrom /mnt/KVM/ISO/systemrescuecd-x86-2.8.0.iso"
	conf="${conf} -cdrom /mnt/KVM/ISO/install-amd64-minimal-20120531.iso"

	# boot from CD-ROM first, switch back to default order after reboot
	conf="${conf} -boot d"

	# now start qemu-kvm
	qemu-kvm $conf &
}
start_vm