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Has anybody tried running Slax as VM in Hyper-V on Windows and can share his experience? I did a quick try but could not make it work - actually I even could not start the ISO

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Wlad
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    What problem did you encounter? – harrymc Nov 12 '19 at 14:55
  • I added an screenshot of the error – Wlad Nov 12 '19 at 16:24
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    Are you trying to boot the ISO as your disk image? I am betting that the SCSI controller is expecting a VHD (or similar) disk. Not an ISO. – Señor CMasMas Nov 12 '19 at 17:08
  • Try a Gen1 VM instead. – essjae Nov 12 '19 at 19:08
  • I would recommend looking at the specific version of Windows 10 you have, as the build number will tell you the exact capabilities of the Hyper-V VM. Linux can be very limited in Hyper-V, with sound not even working in some cases. Ubuntu is usually your best bet for full functionality. I have had little luck with Hyper-V and Linux myself. – Joshua Nurczyk Nov 13 '19 at 04:20
  • @SeñorCMasMas Actually Slax is meant to be used as a live distro and usually would be booted from USB stick or CD. My hope was that it would boot so I can install it on the virtual disk. Is it possible to write the content of the ISO to a VHD or other disk format supported by Hyper-V? – Wlad Nov 13 '19 at 22:33
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    See my answer below. After it boots.. it's just like any other system with a hard disk. Install it if you want. – Señor CMasMas Nov 14 '19 at 19:09
  • @Joshua_Nurczyk is not wrong. I have had no problem using Linux with Hyper-V as a non-desktop solution but it certainly is more lack-luster than running VirtualBox. I would use VirtualBox or VMWare for the full whiz-bang desktop. – Señor CMasMas Nov 18 '19 at 17:06

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  1. Go into the Hyper-V manager.
  2. Choose New->Virtual Machine (NOT QUICK CREATE)
  3. Fill out each of the screens with whatever you want.. EXCEPT
  4. Choose "Generation 1" under "Specify Generation"
  5. Select Install an operation system from a bootable CD/DVD-ROM
  6. Then choose the radio (*) Image file (.iso) and point it at your slax-64bit-x.xx.x.iso file.

Fire it up!! :)

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