blink Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'm a new user trying to setup an i5-6600k rig (previously setup as a Windows 10 work/gaming machine) as an unRAID-based machine running a Windows 10 VM (and eventually an Ubuntu VM). But I'm still confused as to how to actually do this (once I get past setup issues I'm still fumbling through). My question is a basic one on the mechanics of using the machine. So far I've started up Tower and had to use a laptop to log into the unRAID instance via a web browser. How do I get from here to using the i5 rig directly as a Windows 10 machine? Do I have to boot up the i5 rig as well as my laptop, log into Tower via a browser on the laptop to start a Windows 10 VM every time I want to use the Windows 10 VM? Is there a shortcut? e.g. I boot the Tower and it automatically starts up a VM of my choice as a default? What is the best/recommended practice people use in this situation? Thanks Quote Link to comment
rl2664 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Yes, there is a switch (autostart) in the VM settings to boot automatically the VM when tower boot. Quote Link to comment
blink Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 ah, good to know. thanks for the reply rl2664. i couldn't find an obvious guide for someone in my shoes. Quote Link to comment
rl2664 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 There is an excellent video from gridrunner how to set up a windows VM: Quote Link to comment
blink Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Thanks, I'll look for it Quote Link to comment
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