Add documentation for using virt-install

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Building a VM with virt-install
Introduction
This assumes that the network will be used in "macvtap" mode. This is
the preferred method, as it is faster than a regular bridge and
does not need any additional network configuration on the host.
The disadvantage of macvtap is that host-to-vm and vm-to-host
communication is blocked. This can be worked around with an
"internal" switch, or by having the macvtap connection bind to a
second interface.
Creating the VM
The following command assumes the OS is "rhel9.1" and the network
card is "eno1". It should be run as the root user or with sudo, and
should be run inside tmux for safety.
virt-install --name rhel9 \
--osinfo rhel9.1 \
--cdrom /var/lib/libvirt/isos/rhel-baseos-9.1-x86_64-dvd.iso \
--disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/rhel9.qcow2,size=20 \
--network type=direct,source=eno1,source_mode=bridge \
--boot uefi \
--vnc
Paths and names should be changed as appropriate. The VNC port can be
found for this example by running "virsh vncdisplay rhel9" from
another SSH/console session.
Tips
A list of supported operating systems can be found by running:
virt-install --osinfo list