Finished with Windows on the hard drive

Simply copied some virtualbox Vm's to my user area and Windows refused to boot and could not correct the error. Replaced Windows with Debian 12 and multibooting with Manjaro. Much happier

If this wasn't a dedicated Windows forum, it'd be interesting to discuss the pros and cons of various Linux distributions.
I've been recommended many over the years, but I'm still not sure which one suits me best, if any.

True. I am still running (well suspended) two VMware VMs. It doesn't like QEMU/KVM.

Hi folks

@martyfelker

@Stigg


Not sure what the issue is here -- simply create VM with decent edmk uefi virtual boot package (Tianocore)- easy for sec boot etc if using a Linux Host or similar with HYPER-V if a Windows host.

The only problem I've had at times is sometimes emulated TPM doesn't work (swtpm , swtpm-libs, and swtpm-tools) on Linux. That usually happens because one of the secure boot options fails the "emulated TPM". Just change to UEFI boot and the emulated TPM works again - or if only running one VM then "pass thru a TPM" if you have one on a physical machine. On linux it wil appear as /dev/tpm0 and you don't have to do any work in starting it etc etc.

I've run loads of Linux hosts and VM's and somehow never run into mega problems apart from a few year ago on very old kernels RAID was totally hosed up.

Currently running this now on Fedora 38 with zero problems : - has a reasonably new kernel (slightly behind arch Linux which is now on 6.4.x)

Both Debian 12 and Fedora 38 seem to not to give any probs running any version of W11 I can throw at it in a KVM VM. I'm not doing anything really "Geeky" either.

I always though install a separate /boot partition, one for / (root) one for /home and one for swap. If I'm usuing efi which I always do for Windows VM's even on an old MBR Bios physical machine then create also a /boot/efi partition too in the VM virtual disk. I also stick to "std partitions" usually like xfs which just works and is hugely stable, avoibing LVM or Brtfs which seem to generate more hassle than its worth.

The /boot or /boot/efi partition should be formatted with vfat (fat32/fat16) and then it will won't screw up your windows partition or boot if you install Linux as a separate install on an internal HDD/ SSD. The Windows boot menu if you choose -- other device will even have an entry for GRUB making dual booting simple without needing to go into the computers firmware to selct a boot device.

Not sure why you would want KVM/QEMU on a VM running under VMWare -- Seems to me like a recipe for disaster, In any case I've given up on VMWare -- the workstation model is far too expensive for typical home users and the vmplayer version is a bit restrictive too.

Cheers
jimbo





Cheers
jimbo

Not sure why you would want KVM/QEMU on a VM running under VMWare -- Seems to me like a recipe for disaster, In any case I've given up on VMWare -- the workstation model is far too expensive for typical home users and the vmplayer version is a bit restrictive too.

You misunderstood or perhaps I was not clear. I am NOT running QEM?KVM under VMware = no [point even if could be done. I am running QEMU/KV and VMware as separate programs under Manjaro and Debian.

I am using Tech Preview 2023 under Debian VMware WS 17 under Manjaro.