Creating VM
This guide is partially adopted from https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Hyper-V
- Open Hyper-V Manager
- Under
Actions
on the right, clickNew
>Virtual Machine...
- If you see
Before You Begin
, clickNext
- Enter a name for the VM. I will use
Pistonite
as example. clickNext
TIP
If needed, change the location of the VM. For example
F:\VirtualMachines
WARNING
The name is case-insensitive. For the best experience with my scripts, don't include spaces in the name
- Choose
Generation 2
. ClickNext
- For start up memory. I will put
8192MB
. Probably enable dynamic memory. ClickNext
TIP
Arch Linux wiki says "choose enough to ensure Arch and any programs will run properly."
- Leave
Connection
alone as we will do this later. - Select a size for the virtual hard disk. I will put
256GB
. ClickNext
- Select
Install an operating system later
. ClickNext
- Click
Finish
Conguratulations! You have created a VM!