emulationstation/build.py
2024-09-04 12:27:56 -06:00

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Python

from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
import os
from pathlib import Path
import argparse
def vm_start(nographic=False):
home = Path.home()
user = os.getuser()
image_src = "var/lib/debian.qcow2"
vm_storage_location = f"/home/arvp/virtual_machines/{user}.qcow2"
image_dest = f"{home}/debian.qcow2"
initialize = [
"qemu-system-x86_64",
"-enable-kvm",
"-m", "2G", # ram allocation
"-nic", "user,hostfwd=tcp::5555-:22", #forward port 5555 in host to port 22 in vm
"-drive", "file=%s,media=disk,if=virtio" % image_dest,
]
if nographic:
initialize.append("-nographic")
initialize.append("-serial")
initialize.append("mon:stdio")
else:
initialize.append("-vga")
initialize.append("virtio")
initialize.append("-display")
initialize.append("sdl")
#copy the base image to a directory with everyones virtual machines. -n should not overwrite any existing vms.
#subprocess.run(["cp", "-n", image_src, vm_storage_location])
Popen(initialize)
if __name__ == "__main__":
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
description="ARVP Onboarding Virtual Machine Launcher! Don't use --nographic if you are in a tmux session. it might explode :3")
parser.add_argument(
"--nographic",
action="store_true",
help="Run QEMU in nographic mode (runs the VM embedded in your terminal instead of opening a new window)",)
args = parser.parse_args()
vm_start(nographic=args.nographic)