How to install Debian on Hyper-V

Many people consider Debian to be the best Linux distribution. However, we can anyway install it as a guest OS using VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, or Hyper-V, and hence there is no need to create a new partition on your drive for the installation. This article will explain to you how to install Debian on Hyper-V.

Install Hyper-V with Debian

Following are the steps to install Debian on Hyper-V.

Download the ISO of Debian to your computer.

Set up Hyper-V Manager

To create a virtual computer

Create your virtual computer.

Create the virtual machine with Debian.

We should elaborate on them.

1. Download the ISO of Debian to your PC.

First, we need to download the Debian ISO file to our hard drive. The ISO file of Debian could be downloaded from debian.org by clicking on the link labeled debian-12.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso. After the ISO file has been downloaded, the next step could be carried out.

2. Configure Hyper-V Manager

While it is a part of Windows, it does not come preloaded. We cannot open the Hyper-V Manager until we have installed the Hyper-V feature on our machine. To do that, just follow the steps below.

Open the Control Panel from the Start menu.

Click View > Icons > Large.

Click Programs and functions to turn Windows features on or off.

Find Hyper-V, click on it to expand it and put checkmarks in both Hyper-V Management Tools and Hyper-V Platform.

Windows will attempt to install these features and you will be prompted about this when you click Ok.

Remember to restart your computer when installation is complete. Once it starts up, look for "Hyper-V Manager" in the Start Menu.

3. Create a virtual computer

Now that both of us are armed with the essentials to complete this integration, we can go ahead and build a virtual machine on which we'll install the OS. Next come a few things you ought to keep in mind during the process of setting up this machine.

You can see the Hyper-V Manager on the Start Menu; open it.

Click on Virtual Machine under New.

Once you get this prompt, hit Next.

Click Next after naming the virtual computer.

Generation 2 for the most feature-rich experience, though Generation 1 is available.

Depending on your system's resources, you can decide how much starting RAM to allocate to your machine and click Go ahead and select "Next" to use dynamic memory in this virtual machine.

Now select a switch to use; you can also create and configure additional switches; then click Next.

Choose Next but don't de-select Create a virtual hard drive.

Click Next after choosing the operating system install option.

Read the summary before you click Finish

Even though this will create a virtual computer, this isn't the end of configuration and

4. Configuring your virtual computer.

Our virtual machine needs to be prepared for the installation of Debian. Right-click on the newly created virtual machine and click on Settings. On the opened window, make the following changes on the respective tabs.

On the Memory tab, check the box beside Dynamic Memory and then adjust the range of minimum and maximum RAM based on your computer.

On the Processor tab, you need to allocate two virtual processors.

Once in the SCSI Controller tab, select DVD Drive, and finally, click the Add button.

In the Media section, click on the DVD Drive. Then click on Image file and browse. Select the image by navigating to its storage place. Then, go back in the virtual machine's preferences upon clicking Apply> Ok.

Now head to the Firmware menu, select the DVD Drive, and click the Move Up button to set it as the first boot priority.

Locate Enable Secure Boot under the Security menu.

Under the Automatic Start menu, select the option to start the virtual machine automatically every time.

Check the "Shut down the guest operating system" checkbox in the Automatic Stop Action.

Finally, click the Apply > Ok button.

5. Setup the virtual machine to run Debian.

The following modifications being made, our virtual machine shall now be ready for Debian installation. Immediately after right-clicking on the Debian virtual machine or VM, pressing the Start button activates the installation process. We can reach Connect by once again right-clicking the virtual machine. When it boots, click on your corresponding key from the keyboard and finish up the virtual machine installation from there by following the wizard.

We definitely hope this guide will help you. Without further ado, goodbye and good luck.