install Bluefin-dx Linux into HyperV

2025-01-03 10:51

Hyper-v >> create new vm >> accept wizard defaults, except place .vhdx into c:\vols instead of buried in user profile

The vm can't see USB thumb drives unless they're actual drives that can be marked Offline. Find out if the USB is offline-able from Admin prompt faster than using Computer Management:

diskpart

list disk
select disk {# of the USB drive}
offline disk

Mine couldn't be set offline, so use Disk2vhd utility from Windows Sysinternals to convert the usb stick to .vhdx, and then add that as a Hard Disk to the vm using Hyper-V.

In vm settings

Remove Network Adapter (for now, re-add later, prevents trying to PXE boot)
disable Secure Boot (cures “SCSI Disk (0,0) the signed images hash is not allowed” error)

Start VM. The bluefin boot prompt showed up >> accept wizard defaults >> install

Turn off VM >> Enable Network >> restart

"Perform MOK Managemant" text prompt >> Enroll MOK >> password universalblue >> reboot

A tasteful dinosaur artwork background is seen, followed eventually by “Welcome to Bluefin-dx 40” setup wizard.

On my laptop the VM is sluggish, but workable. I only have 16GB of memory which is 85% consumed, with only 4GB is allocated to the VM. CPU below 10%.

mouse does not work → correction, mouse works but the pointer is not visible.

shutdown signal works

Open a terminal with ctrl-alt-T

Network is up but ping etc. fail.

ifconfig shows eth0 has an ip address, and it matches the one from host powershell, 172.30.12.40

Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName "Bluefin-dx" | Format-List

Hunch: whatever is failing here, is the same reason WSL networking is broken on this machine (ref).

Broken network aside, I have a working Bluefin-dx VM on Windows 11

install Bluefin-dx Linux into HyperV

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