startwin

#!/bin/bash

# "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42):
# <blagovest ;at; petrovs d0t info> wrote this file.
# As long as you retain this notice youcan do whatever you want with
# this stuff. If we meet some day, and you thinkthis stuff is worth it,
# you can buy me a beer in return.   Blagovest Petrov

# "~/.VirtualBox" is for the open source edition.
# Change it to "~/.config/VirtualBox for the Oracle edition.

(

echo "30" ; sleep 1
echo "# Preparing the Virtual Machine to start"; sleep 1
rm -rf ~/.VirtualBox
cp -r /var/vbox/WinXp/.VirtualBox ~/.VirtualBox

echo "50" ; sleep 1
echo "# Configuring the Virtual Machine"; sleep 1
sed -i "s/_CURRENTUSR_/$USER/g" ~/.VirtualBox/WinXP/WinXP.vbox
sed -i "s/_CURRENTUSR_/$USER/g" ~/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml

echo "99" ; sleep 1
echo "# Starting Windows..."; sleep 1
VBoxManage startvm WinXP

echo "100" ; sleep 1
echo "# Starting Windows..."; sleep 1

) |
zenity --progress \
       --title="Starting Windows..." \
       --text="Preparing the Virtual Machine to start" \
       --percentage=0 \
       --auto-kill \
       --auto-close

if [ "$?" = -1 ] ; then
   zenity --error --text "Starting canceled."
fi