On 28/05/16 12:12, Rob Kampen wrote: > > which of the 9 answers did you use - there are four with [0] points. I > did see this some time ago and got a variant working under CentOS 6. I > was hoping to use the new-fangled systemd, partly as a learning > exercise, but also to avoid having bespoke config files and methods of > starting daemons proliferating which the methods described on > askubuntu.com seem to be. > rob Apologies - I should have stated that in my initial response. It's the answer that starts of with - "You can use the VirtualBox Auto-start service." - it has an up-vote score of 20 (as of now). That article cites the following link *[0]* as the original source: *[0]* http://lifeofageekadmin.com/how-to-set-your-virtualbox-vm-to-automatically-startup/ ak.