add the ability to use preconfigure iso images like Amazon in VM role
Give the ability in VM role to use a preconfigure iso image, like the one Amazon has available.It will make easier to use and work with the VM role
P Velachoutakos
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P Ohms
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5) Ability to have VM boot and run off ISO. Not good for Windows VMs but great for BSD and Linux.
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P Ohms
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To be clear:
1) ISO images can be trivially made from command-line tools on Windows or your OS. They require no admin rights, unlike creating VHDs on Windows. Creating VHDs typically requires two invocations of diskpart and the use of a shell script and admin rights, ie not something your really want as part of your build process.
2) ISO images have less overhead than VHDs since you don't have to guess the appropriate size before creating the image. VHDs with NTFS include lots of chaff that is not needed for read-only.
3) ISO images better suit read-only operation. No need to snapshot, just don't allow mounting read-write. When running foreign applications on Windows (e.g. Java), the runtime and libraries required are all read-only.
4) In 2010, the Windows code base got that ability to mount VHDs so it's not completely impossible to achieve. NB On Linux/BSD this has been possible for 15 years.
