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Since we are booting directly into a VHD this topic isn't really about Virtualisation per se -- so whether this post should be moved to Virtualisation --leave that for the Mods.
Seems to me that running W8 from a VHD directly (I.E no HOST OS installed) would be really efficient and a better way of "Virtualisation" than traditional methods using Vmware / VBOX.
You could say boot from a USB drive on to ANY computer.
The overhead would be minimal since no HOST OS and you use THE REAL HARDWARE.
I think you need W8 Pro or above to boot directly into a VHD.
How To Guide to Installing and Booting Windows 8 Consumer Preview off a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) - Scott Hanselman
Note that this refers to W8 Consumer edition -- it's exactly the same for "Real Windows 8".
Cheers
jimbo
Since we are booting directly into a VHD this topic isn't really about Virtualisation per se -- so whether this post should be moved to Virtualisation --leave that for the Mods.
Seems to me that running W8 from a VHD directly (I.E no HOST OS installed) would be really efficient and a better way of "Virtualisation" than traditional methods using Vmware / VBOX.
You could say boot from a USB drive on to ANY computer.
The overhead would be minimal since no HOST OS and you use THE REAL HARDWARE.
I think you need W8 Pro or above to boot directly into a VHD.
How To Guide to Installing and Booting Windows 8 Consumer Preview off a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) - Scott Hanselman
Note that this refers to W8 Consumer edition -- it's exactly the same for "Real Windows 8".
Cheers
jimbo
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