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In the previous chapters we explored the creation and management of Xen guest operating systems using the ''virt-manager'' graphical tool. In this chapter we will cover the installation of a Xen guest operating system using the ''virt-install''' command-line tool.

== Running ''virt-install'' to Build the Xen Guest System ==

''virt-install'' must be run as root and, once invoked, will ask a number of questions before creating the guest system. The question are as follows:

Once the installation is completed the next step is to learn how to administer the guest system. This can be achieved either using the graphical ''virt-manager'' tool (see [[Managing and Monitoring Fedora based Xen Guest Systems]]) or using the command line ''xm'' tool (see [[Managing Xen using the xm Command-line Tool]]).