I am trying to autostart my VM's on a debian box using VirtualBox.  Whenever I issue the command VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vboxI get the following output.user@dbox:~/VirtualBox VMs/mustang$ VBoxManage setproperty autostartdbpath /etc/vbox     Oracle VM VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 4.1.18_Debian(C) 2005-2015 Oracle CorporationAll rights reserved.Usage:VBoxManage setproperty      machinefolder default|<folder> |                        vrdeauthlibrary default|<library> |                        websrvauthlibrary default|null|<library> |                        vrdeextpack null|<library> |                        loghistorycount <value>Syntax error: Invalid parameter 'autostartdbpath'Why is autostartdbpath not an option for VBoxManage?Debian versioncat /proc/versionLinux version 3.2.0-4-amd64 (debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Debian 4.6.3-14) ) #1 SMP Debian 3.2.51-1VBoxManage versionVBoxManage --version4.1.18_Debianr78361
autostartdbpath missing from VBoxManage setproperty
debian;virtualbox
The functionality you're looking for was added in VirtualBox 4.2.0. It doesn't exist in 4.1.18.To start a virtual machine at boot time, add calls to VBoxManage startvm to a startup script: /etc/rc.local, an @reboot cron job, a SysVinit/upstart/systemd service, or whichever method you prefer.