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Questions tagged [bare-metal]

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Is it possible to convert virtual machines to physical environments?

Is is possible to convert a .vdi file into a .iso that can be burned to a cd or dvd and make it like an installer. Or Is it possible to convert virtual machines to physical environments?
Wern Ancheta
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Why can't TempleOS run on modern x86_64 machines?

TempleOS is certainly Intel x86_64, but shy of that there are no guidelines to what machines can run it on the bare metal, In the FAQ, under "How come it's in the public domain and not GPL?" you can find, It can run on some bare-metal 64-bit PC's…
Evan Carroll
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Think 8086… Is the BIOS permanently stored in memory, or is it copied to RAM?

I have a question about how the BIOS is loaded and executed. I know that the CPU starts executing the BIOS at 0xFFFF0, but how is the BIOS there? Is the BIOS hard wired to that address on the CPU, to where you can't overwrite it, Or is it copied to…
Vinny
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How to transform Laptop into Hypervisor bare metal virtual station with passthrough?

I would like to replace my dual boot setup with some hypervisor level 1 system without host OS, one window with complete pass-through so I can play games, and one Linux, instead of installing a virtual machine on a system and virtualize from…
Édney Helene Dos Santos
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Setting up a bare-metal virtualized system where hypervisor hosts a SW RAID

[I am completely new to running "bare metal" virtualized hardware, so please lead me to TFM, so I can R it.] What I was hoping to do, is to have some kind of bare metal virtualized server setup, but where the hypervisor was taking care of running a…
stolsvik
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Install Rust for Mips cross-compile in 2025

I would like to install Rust cross-compile to MIPS32 little-endian. It will impress my manager. I looked at several web pages, like cross-compile for wifi pineapple but that is from 2017. How to install Rust for MIPS cross in year 2025 ? I've…
Brian Witt
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Running multiple OS on a desktop without a host OS

Is it possible to run multiple OS a desktop parallely? I mean without rebooting. Is it possible by "bare metal virtualization"?
sreejith.virgo
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Backup windows image every night

I am responsible for the computers in three retail shops. They all run Windows 7. The Till machines need to be restorable very quickly if anything was to go wrong. There aren no servers at each location and the PC's get turned off after the shops…
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Is it possible to use bare-metal XenServer's virtual machines on the same computer and how?

Can I install XenServer on a machine as a bare-metal installation and create and use its virtual machines on the same machine or I need to use the VMs with XenClient over a network connection? I mean something like VMware player without a host…
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Can't locate hard drive during USB-drive installation

I have a Western Digital DS5100 media server. I want to install a fresh copy of Windows Server 2016 on this machine from a USB boot key. I used rufus to burn this from the ISO I downloaded from MSDN. When I boot to this key I get the Windows…
Mike Forman
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Restoring Cloudberry Bare Metal Backup to Virtual Machine

I have a dead laptop from which I have a CloudBerry Bare Metal backup. I want to restore the image to a virtual machine. I used these…
Weehooey
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Server Virtualization on Ubuntu Server or Something Else

Disclaimer I have little experience with Linux, VMware, or server stuff. Also, I had posted this question originally at https://serverfault.com/questions/490037/server-virtualization-on-ubuntu-server-or-something-else It was voted down and closed. I…
Josh C.
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Asterisk distribution with very fast deployment

I have zero experiences with Asterisk but need to choose the best bare-metal distribution (running as a VM guest) for my needs. Asterisk server will answer calls, auto responder says caller extension number and hangs up I'll connect it thru SIP…
dmnc
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Is running a bare metal hypervisor on a new laptop for commercial use feasible?

Every time I search for advice on a bare metal hypervisor, people usually recommend against it, but I am still curious if I can/should try it when I buy a new laptop in the next month. I've used VMs a lot, but the idea of having a bare metal…
Steve
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run 2 windows VMs on bare metal or one as guest on top of the other?

I am cureently running a windows 11 vm in hyper v as guest on win11 host - this is on a laptop (ryzen 2500u, 20gb RAM) - I use this as server withh desktop to run some software that reuires gui access and I mainly access the machine through remote…
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