On 28/05/16 14:31, Anthony K wrote: > 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/ > thanks, the other link helped but there are still errors in all the various instructions one error not noted was the /etc/defaults/virtualbox file it - cannot have spaces! it should be # virtualbox defaults file VBOXAUTOSTART_DB=/etc/vbox VBOXAUTOSTART_CONFIG=/etc/vbox/autostart.cfg My server has a very well exercised reboot as I have finally got it done Thanks for all the pointers, finally have something that seems to be reliable. > > ak. > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos