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Install windows 10 on DigitalOcean droplet
Install Windows on any Cloud VM including Digitalocean , vultr...
3 files are included with different versions and size. choose one based on your needs.
ORIGINAL CODE IS HOSTED ON GITHUB. FOR HELP AND MORE CHECK GITHUB REPO
https://github.com/amjiddader/windows-on-cloud
1. WIN11
This one is pure windows 11 default windows settings and apps.
Username: Administrator
Password: Thuonghai001
Download Links
https://archive.org/download/windows11-tiny11-cloudvm/win11
https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/windows-on-cloud/win11?viasf=1
MIRROR: https://www.multiup.org/en/mirror/12ca28b33f010c41889b8fd8b715d1e9/win11
Tested on : Digitalocean : 4GB ram and is not smooth..
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2. WIN11 (debolted)
This version is extreamly debolted and removed all microsoft apps. \
Updates are disabled.
Tightvnc installed with same password
Installed some vc++
Installed MalwareBytes (To make sure no bugs)
Installed Brave Browser
Uninstalled all windows app
Uninstalled Edge and other win Softwares
Username : Amjid
Password: amjiddader
Downloads
https://archive.org/download/windows11-tiny11-cloudvm/win_11.gz
https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/windows-on-cloud/win_11.gz?viasf=1
MIRROR: https://www.multiup.org/en/mirror/f55f3a6957d984fe3811cc39d0e701e2/win_11.gz
Tested on: Digitalocean Regular 4Gb - 2CPU -- it uses very less RAM and runs very smooth.
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3. Windows 10 ( bonus)
This is just a copy of whatuptime ... credits to them.
Username : Administrator
Password: P@ssword64
Downloads
https://archive.org/download/windows11-tiny11-cloudvm/win10_en.gz
https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/windows-on-cloud/win10_en.gz?viasf=1
MIRROR: https://www.multiup.org/en/mirror/97dc02190298a64454e556b4579e8781/win10_en.gz
Installation
Installation :
wget O url | gunzip | dd of=/dev/vda bs=1M
Alternative you can download image file using aria2c exampele you downloaded win11_gz file in /temp folder
In below command first dd= /dev/vda is your disk where you want to install os.
In below command gzip -c /win_11.gz if os file.
dd if=/dev/vda | gzip -c >/temp/win_11.gz bs=1M
Using wget ...
wget -O- 'https.............' | gunzip | dd of=/dev/vda bs=1M
Using Aria2
aria2c -s 16 -x 16 "https.........." -o | gunzip | dd of=/dev/vda bs=1M
Guide.
Disks
To install windows OS on your linux server.
Check which disk you are using in case you have 2 disks you can install eaith on one and then use windows Disk manager to play with disks.
to check disk run: df -h
you will get something like /dev/sda or /dev/vda for multiple disks it will show /dev/vda0 - /dev/vda1
Downloads.
You can use wget to download based on your server your speed maybe slow,
You can then use Aria2 using 2 methods. \
Download & run gunzip command.. aria2c -s 16 -x 16 "https.........." -o | gunzip | dd of=/dev/vda bs=1M \
First download then run gunzip .. aria2c -s 16 -x 16 "https.........." -o os.gz ....
Also make sure you add download url between braces '' or "" (if url has ? or some other string cli takes that as a break
Create your own.
Get ISO file from windows or use below windows 11 (english)x64 iso
https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/windows-on-cloud/win_11en.iso?viasf=1
macOS (MAC) on linux
For MAC os it is not possible to run MAC on all VM and ARCH
I have build MAC OS (12) image and successfully installed on DigitalOcean VM.
But it took me 10 days to make things work and trust me nothing on internet helped me.
Modified few macos source to ignore on error - usually MAC OS is very strict on unknown errors and i saw about 100 HLAT values for erros. \
Problem: Lot of things are not working including keyboard but i managed to use keyboard using Virtual Keyboard.
Most of the useful i.e: browser, wifi etc are working..
Problem2 . You need Intel Server AMD does not work.
You need to have atleast 8GB ram (it never used over 4GB but)
You need to have atleast 40GB ssd (About 26GB was used by OS)
You need have atleast 4 Cores to run MacOS
I have created MacOS raw(16GB) gz(13) and i can not find any way to upload.
Nor i have too much space on my persoanl Drive, Not Sourceforge allow too much space.
And archive.org is slow and never tried to upload such big file.
You are always welcome to create an ISSUE for help, how-to.
Do not ask for MAC_12.gz image as it is 13GB + Needs lot of passion & CPU
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