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15 minutes is on the high end, but 5-10 minutes is typical for Windows. You can’t deploy a ready image, usually, you have to deploy one that is sysprepped so Wi
by easton 4y ago
15 minutes is on the high end, but 5-10 minutes is typical for Windows. You can’t deploy a ready image, usually, you have to deploy one that is sysprepped so Windows can do device discovery on first boot.
You can deploy them with the devices already set up, but sometimes (literally sometimes, it’s hard to tell when it happens) Windows gets really upset if any of the hardware changes. I think Windows 10/11 (and Server equivalents) has made that easier though (MS still recommends sysprep).
- jakogut 4y agoThere's your problem. I can boot a tinyconfig Linux kernel that's 600K in QEMU using the microvm machine type in milliseconds. A basic Windows install is tens of gigabytes, and doesn't have the capability of being stripped down to the barebones essentials.