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PatrickLang / win10_slipstream.md
Last active April 18, 2024 19:52
Building an up to date Windows 10 VHDX
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PatrickLang / iis_auth_allsteps.md
Last active March 2, 2024 20:18
Setting up IIS with User Authorization in Windows Server containers

Create a resource group

Create a resource group in Azure to hold all of the resources you'll be creating:

  • Virtual Network
  • Virtual Machines

Create a VNet

  • Don't use 172.* IPs. I used 10.3.0.0/24
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PatrickLang / backlog.md
Last active November 28, 2023 08:26
PatrickLang's Windows container lab/demo backlog

This is a list of things that I should code or document to help others get started with Windows Server Containers. Feedback welcome.

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PatrickLang / _README.md
Last active November 23, 2023 19:07
Testing drm-hyperv driver in Fedora

Fedora 35

Both the issues mentioned below are solved! My PR to switch to hyperv_drm was accepted, and the kernel fix needed to boot the liveCD are in.

You can boot this as a generation 2 (UEFI) VM with secure boot enabled, using the Microsoft UEFI Certificate Authority setting. Resolution switching works in GNOME under Wayland, even when booted from the live media.

Fedora 34

This is a brief experiment I did to compare these two setups in a Hyper-V VM running Fedora 34

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PatrickLang / WSL2-recovery.md
Created November 23, 2023 01:18
How to restore a WSL2 distribution and your data after a Windows Reset

I had some bad driver issues that led to me need to 'reset' Windows from the local recovery partition. This recovered my machine and got it bootable again. Afterwards, WSL2 wasn't installed, so I tried to install it. It rebooted, etc, then fetched Ubuntu 22.04 from the Microsoft Store as usual. However, instead of keeping my previous WSL2 content it started a new user:

Ubuntu is already installed.
Launching Ubuntu...
Installing, this may take a few minutes...
Please create a default UNIX user account. The username does not need to match your Windows username.
For more information visit: https://aka.ms/wslusers
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PatrickLang / sd_drivers_ws2016.md
Last active November 14, 2023 08:20
Booting Windows Server 2016 core from eMMC

Booting Windows Server 2016 Core from eMMC devices

Comparing drivers between Desktop & Core editions

The Windows installation ISO contains multiple Windows image files (WIM):

  • boot.wim - this is used to boot the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) for a clean install
  • install.wim - this contains the image(s) that will be installed.

The Windows Server 2016 ISO contains multiple versions in this single install.wim file which is why the same media can be used to install Standard or Datacenter editions, with the desktop experience or without it (core).

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PatrickLang / README.md
Last active November 12, 2023 04:46
Cleaning up Alsa + Pipewire for Focusrite Scarlett series

These are just some notes on how I'm trying to clean up Linux support a bit to make the Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 (gen2) and 2i4 a bit easier to use.

Getting UCM profiles

Currently having issues getting a clean test run on upstream project. See failing history

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PatrickLang / Fedora34-VM.ps1
Last active September 27, 2023 10:31
Hyper-V example setup for Fedora 34
# Echo the commands as they're run
Set-PSDebug -Trace 1
# Dump Windows version
Get-ComputerInfo | Format-Table WindowsVersion, OsVersion
# Create a UEFI VM, secure boot enabled, use the secure boot settings for the
$vm = New-VM -Generation 2 -Name "Fedora 34 beta" -Path .
$vm | Set-VMFirmware -EnableSecureBoot On -SecureBootTemplate "MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority"
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PatrickLang / mikrotik-pxe.md
Last active August 11, 2023 08:59
Boot from Mikrotik router and install Windows

Using a Mikrotik router to boot and install Windows

Lately I've been using Mikrotik routers because they're cheap, powerful, and fast. Most of them have either a USB or MicroSD slot, so you can add enough space to store network boot images right on the router.

I got most of the tips needed from these two articles, and combined them into this step by step guide:

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PatrickLang / server2016_slipstream.md
Last active July 20, 2023 07:52
Automated deployments of Windows Server 2016

This is a draft that will ultimately be blogged later. If you're seeing this after April 2017 it's probably out of date.

Making a pre-updated Windows Server 2016 ISO

Prerequisites

  1. Install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Toolkit
  2. Download a Windows Server 2016 ISO such as the trial here - TODO
  3. Download the latest cumulative update