

For those wondering, this virtual disk is sitting on the Synology DS1812+ iSCSI volume setup yesterday. Now one needs to configure a virtual hard disk. Install Ubuntu on Windows 8 Hyper-V – Assign a virtual Switch We showed how to configure one in the Windows 8 Hyper-V install guide. To make things such as installing security updates easy, we are using an external virtual switch. The next step is to configure the virtual switch. Install Ubuntu on Windows 8 Hyper-V – Memory Allocation Running a Linux server is easy these days. The same steps work with Ubuntu 12.10 server. We are using a Ubuntu 12.10 desktop installation here, to show a Linux GUI at the end.

Next, you will need to do memory allocation.


Install Ubuntu on Windows 8 Hyper-V – Create new virtual machine For this, Ubuntu 12.10 is good since that is the Linux distro we are using. When the Windows 8 Hyper-V wizard opens, give the virtual machine a descriptive name. Let’s see how easy it is to install Ubuntu Linux in Windows 8 Hyper-V Running Ubuntu Linux in Windows 8 Hyper-Vįrom the Windows 8 Hyper-V manager, create a new virtual machine.
