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layout: doc
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title: qvm-start
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permalink: /doc/tools/3.2/dom0/qvm-start/
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redirect_from:
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- /doc/dom0-tools/qvm-start/
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- /en/doc/dom0-tools/qvm-start/
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- /doc/Dom0Tools/QvmStart/
- /wiki/Dom0Tools/QvmStart/
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```
=========
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qvm-start
=========
NAME
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====
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qvm-start - start a specified VM
SYNOPSIS
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========
| qvm-start [options] < vm-name >
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OPTIONS
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-h, --help
Show this help message and exit
-q, --quiet
Be quiet
--tray
Use tray notifications instead of stdout
--no-guid
Do not start the GUId (ignored)
--drive
Temporarily attach specified drive as CD/DVD or hard disk (can be specified with prefix 'hd' or 'cdrom:', default is cdrom)
--hddisk
Temporarily attach specified drive as hard disk
--cdrom
Temporarily attach specified drive as CD/DVD
--install-windows-tools
Attach Windows tools CDROM to the VM
--dvm
Do actions necessary when preparing DVM image
--custom-config=CUSTOM_CONFIG
Use custom Xen config instead of Qubes-generated one
--skip-if-running
Do no fail if the VM is already running
--debug
Enable debug mode for this VM (until its shutdown)
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AUTHORS
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=======
| Joanna Rutkowska < joanna at invisiblethingslab dot com >
| Rafal Wojtczuk < rafal at invisiblethingslab dot com >
| Marek Marczykowski < marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com >
```
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