Windows 10 lite with UEFI boot?

Golf1.6 · 5 Jun 2020 at 16:44

Hi

I have freenas running on my home server and I need to install a VM instance of windows 10 on it.

I managed to install a windows 10 instance on it, but the install alone took 22.5GB of space. It didn't run very well either becasue the system only had 8GB ram total (2GB dedicated to the VM instance).

So ordered more RAM to 16GB and going to retry. This time I'm going to try and install a lite install of windows 10.

The few I've tried would not boot on the freenas, it doesn't have a suitable bootable .efi, is there a way to add uefi boot files into any windows disc? Or is there any OTC lite install that has UEFI boot preloaded on?

Golf1.6 · 5 Jun 2020 at 17:09

after trying various ISOs for the best part of the last 2 days. I posted the thread above and decided to look once more.

I found a lite windows 10 install with uefi and installs on my freenas. It's an OPREKIN version, and they've put their brand all over the install.

Is this group trustworthy?

CuriousTomCat · 5 Jun 2020 at 20:23

I've never heard of OPREKIN. If you're interested in having a lite version of Windows 10 then it's probably best to make it yourself. I wouldn't trust a 3rd party ISO file.

Here's a tutorial for creating and testing a 700MB Windows 10 ISO

https://www.ntlite.com/tutorial-for-creating-and-testing-a-700mb-windows-10-iso/

Golf1.6 · 6 Jun 2020 at 01:04

it's running inside VM and won't contain anything personal to me. So it's no biggie if it has viruses inside it.

Doing my own lite build does seem like a lot of work and time investment for not much return.