Setup Folding@Home With Libvirt On Rocky Linux Usi

Set up libvirt.
Create a directory for your virtual machine images.
```
mkdir vms
```
Create an iso directory.
```
mkdir isos
cd isos
```

Download the Ubuntu 22.04 ISO.

wget https://releases.ubuntu.com/22.04/ubuntu-22.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso

Create a mount point and mount the image.

cd ..
mkdir mnt
sudo mount -o loop ~/isos/ubuntu-22.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso mnt

Copy the vmlinuz and initrd files to the isos directory, else otherwise the virt-install command will fail due to a permissions error.
```
cp ~/mnt/casper/vmlinuz ~/isos/
cp ~/mnt/casper/initrd ~/isos/
```

Install Ubuntu using virt-install.

virt-install --name ubuntu22.04 --ram=4096 --vcpus=3 --cpu host --hvm --disk path=~/vms/ubuntu22-04.qcow2,size=15 --cdrom ~/isos/ubuntu-22.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso --graphics none --console pty,target_type=serial --os-variant ubuntu22.04 --network bridge=virbr0,model=virtio --hvm --force --debug --boot kernel=/home/howard/isos/vmlinuz,initrd=/home/howard/isos/initrd,kernel_args="console=ttyS0"

Detach with ctrl + ]
Stop the VM
```
virsh destroy --domain ubuntu22.04
```
Remove boot options from the VM. ``` virsh edit ubuntu22.04
Remove these options.

/home/howard/isos/vmlinuz /home/howard/isos/initrd console=ttyS0

* Unmount the ISO.

sudo umount ~/mnt

* Remove the `vmlinuz` and `initrd` files.

rm ~/isos/vmlinuz rm ~/isos/initrd

* Start the VM.

virsh start ubuntu22.04

* Connect to the VM.

virsh console ubuntu22.04

* Update the VM.

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y ```

Remove these options.