19.3. The Virtual Hardware Details Window

Procedure 19.1. Configuring boot options

1. From the Virtual Machine Manager Edit menu, select Virtual Machine Details.
2. From the side panel, select Boot Options and then complete any or all of the following optional steps:
   1. To indicate that this guest virtual machine should start each time the host physical machine boots, select the Autostart check box.
   2. To indicate the order in which guest virtual machine should boot, click the Enable boot menu check box. After this is checked, you can then check the devices you want to boot from and using the arrow keys change the order that the guest virtual machine will use when booting.
   3. If you want to boot directly from the Linux kernel, expand the Direct kernel boot menu. Fill in the Kernel path, Initrd path, and the Kernel arguments that you want to use.
3. Click Apply.
   

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   Figure 19.5. Configuring boot options

Procedure 19.2. Attaching USB devices using Virt-Manager

1. Open the guest virtual machine's Virtual Machine Details screen.
2. Click Add Hardware
3. In the Add New Virtual Hardware popup, select USB Host Device, select the device you want to attach from the list and Click Finish.
   

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   Figure 19.6. Add USB Device

4. To use the USB device in the guest virtual machine, start the guest virtual machine.

Procedure 19.3. Redirecting USB devices

1. Open the guest virtual machine's Virtual Machine Details screen.
2. Click Add Hardware
3. In the Add New Virtual Hardware popup, select USB Redirection. Make sure to select Spice channel from the Type drop-down menu and click Finish.
   

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   Figure 19.7. Add New Virtual Hardware window

4. Open the Virtual Machine menu and select Redirect USB device. A pop-up window opens with a list of USB devices.
   

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   Figure 19.8. Select a USB device

5. Select a USB device for redirection by checking its check box and click OK.