But from generation 2 virtual machines, older virtual machines were called generation one virtual machines. Before generation 2 type virtual machines came into existence, there was nothing like generation 1 virtual machines. These days you can create two versions(Generation) of Virtual Machines. Hyper-V Manager – New Virtual Machine Wizard – Specify Name and Location Screenshot Step 3 – New Virtual Machine Wizard – Specify Generation

I normally leave it as default, but if you have disk space constraints, it better to specify the location in a different disk drive. If you leave this unchecked, default location will be used, else check the box to change the location. There is a checkbox to change the location where the Virtual Machine Files will be created. In our case, we can name our Virtual machine as CentOS 7 (Development), but you can specify anything according to your preference. In this dialog box, please enter the name of the Virtual Machine. Hyper-V Manager – New Virtual Machine Wizard Screenshot Step 2 – New Virtual Machine Wizard – Specify Name and Location Click on Virtual Machine to launch New Virtual Machine Wizard and click Next. On the right hand side you will see New-> Virtual Machine. If you have setup everything correctly, you can search for Hyper-V Manager in Taskbar or you can find the shortcut in Start Menu under Windows Administrative tools. Step 1 – Open Hyper V Managerįirst step is to open Hyper V manager. You can download Everything ISO from the official mirror sites. This option is the recommended one for a development VM. There is a third option which is currently not listed on the download page, which is Everything ISO. You have 2 options listed, DVD ISO and Minimal ISO. On the official website home page, to get the installation media, you have to click Get CentOS Now. CentOS Installation media download options:

Centos7 netinstall