[dba-Tech] VHD to Boot off the Metal

Hi Gustav:

That article has a 'what' factor to it...or how is that possible. But it is
all real and very interesting. I have not figured where and why I would
deploy this but I can envision a series of virtual OS blanks being generated
very fast. ;-)

Just a note: There is a script error but it was caught by someone in the
comments section.

Thanks for posting.
Jim



-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:08 AM
To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [dba-Tech] VHD to Boot off the Metal

Hi all

This was new to me. Not that you can boot from a VHD, but that you don't
need an OS to host the VHD of which you can have several.
Nothing fancy, just clever use of Windows 7's DISKPART and BCDBOOT:

Installing a Fresh Windows OS to a New Bootable VHD with no Host OS for Boot
to VHD
http://johnpapa.net/bootoffmetal 

By John Papa. 

/gustav


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