Installing Windows 10X (emulator image) on real hardware
Here's some quick notes on installing Windows 10X on real hardware. For this example, we're assuming a system with no other critical disks installed, and a helpful host system being around to set up the initial image.
Prerequisites
Host
- Windows 10 Manganese build (195xx).
- Utility USB flash drive of ~32GB+.
Target
- CPU with Hyper-V support for VAIL.
- Graphics card with DCHU drivers available.
- UEFI system firmware.
- Preferred: 4Kn boot drive. We'll provide steps a bit later for converting the image.
Host work
Fetch and mount the emulator image
Make sure you have a clean Flash.vhdx from the W10X emulator. Copy it someplace, and preferably keep another backup as well.
Mount it using PowerShell (as administrator):
Mount-VHD X:\WCOS\Flash.vhdx
Check if the emulator image is mounted correctly:
Get-StoragePool -FriendlyName OSPool
This should look like the following:
FriendlyName OperationalStatus HealthStatus IsPrimordial IsReadOnly Size AllocatedSize
------------ ----------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ---- -------------
OSPool OK Healthy False False 127.9 GB 21.81 GB