Howto qemu/kvm. Setup your system: apt-get install bridge-utils kvm libaio1 libvdeplug2 qemu-kvm vi /etc/network/interfaces # The loopback network interface auto lo br0 iface lo inet loopback # Set up interfaces manually iface eth0 inet manual # Bridge setup iface br0 inet dhcp bridge_ports eth0 /etc/init.d/networking restart Create a blank vm image: qemu-img create -f qcow2 myb0x.img 100G Install a guest: qemu-system-i386 -hda myb0x.img -cdrom cdrom-image.iso -boot d -m 128 qemu-system-i386 -hda win.img -cdrom /dev/sr0 -boot d -m 128 Example Commands: kvm myb0x.img -m 128 kvm image.img -nographic -vnc :1 -redir tcp:22::22 -redir tcp:80::80 kvm win2000.img -vnc :1,password -monitor stdio In the qemu monitor: (qemu) change vnc password Password: ******** (qemu)