On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 06:34:22PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
When I actually started investigating how to do this, I realized it is fearsomely complicated because basically every guest type has its own method to do this, and they even change frequently between versions (eg. gconf -> dconf, GNOME vs KDE etc). Since the --firstboot parameter effectively gives this capability to system administrators (albeit they need to work out how to do it themselves), I think it may be a good idea to invest the time making sure --firstboot is bullet-proof, and *not* implement specific customizations like this.
The contrary argument being that we ought to do the hard work on behalf of system administrators, in case that wasn't clear. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any software inside the virtual machine. Supports Linux and Windows. http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/