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diff --git a/system/qemu-guest-agent/README b/system/qemu-guest-agent/README index 6c5138bc85..2556bb61aa 100644 --- a/system/qemu-guest-agent/README +++ b/system/qemu-guest-agent/README @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -QEMU Guest Agent (qemu-ga) is a daemon intended to be run within virtual -machines. It allows the hypervisor host to perform various operations in -the guest, such as: +QEMU Guest Agent (qemu-ga) is a daemon intended to be run within +virtual machines. It allows the hypervisor host to perform various +operations in the guest, such as: - get information from the guest, - set the guest's system time, - read/write a file, @@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ the guest, such as: - set user's password. Note that qemu-ga (QEMU Guest Agent) is also part of the standard QEMU -installation. This package is intended for guests only, so that you don't have -to install the complete qemu package there. In general, do not install both -qemu-guest-agent and qemu packages at the same time on the same machine. +installation. This package is intended for guests only, so that you +do not have to install the full qemu package just to get qemu-ga. +In general, do not install both qemu-guest-agent and qemu packages at +the same time on the same machine. Use rc.qemu-ga to launch the daemon at boot and to stop it at shutdown. -You will need to perform host side setup too, to take the advantage of qemu-ga. +You will need to perform host side setup too, to take the advantage of +qemu-ga. |