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Sorry all. Having a family gathering. That means NO Tech. Thank you all for responding to my question and I'll get back to this post tomorrow.
Sorry all. Having a family gathering. That means NO Tech. Thank you all for responding to my question and I'll get back to this post tomorrow.
Hi folks
You don't need a full blown OS to load any sort of Virtual machine -- as Kari and others have said you can boot and run a VHD/VHDX virtual disk -- from boot the system will attach the virtual hard drive and then run its OS.
Another way -- very tiny OS is installed is to use ESxi although that's a bit complex for beginners in Virtual Machines.
I'm not sure if using the VHD/VHDX method if you can boot Non Windows VM OS'es though.
On Linux hosts you can also use KVM or XEN as Hypervisors -- equivalent to Windows HYPER-V these will run Windows OS'es quite successfully as well.
Loads of possibilities with VM's.
Cheers
jimbo