We do this all the time with Parallels, VMWare, Virtual Box and frequently we use MacMinis as Windows OS-only systems because of their dynamite form factor. For the VM's We make a bootable ISO for media and then boot off of that. I have had trouble getting them to boot from USB sticks.
The trickiest thing about it that I have run into is making sure you either tell the VM to emulate a NIC that has inbox drivers or all the VM's NIC to your boot drivers on the the OSD iso (and the Windows 7 WIM) From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 10:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [MDT-OSD] OSD to Parallels Is it possible to deploy my Windows 7 task sequence into parallels or some similar hypervisor on a mac? ________________________________ John Marcum MCITP, MCTS, MCSA Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP ________________________________ [H_Logo] ________________________________ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. ________________________________ Notice: This UI Health Care e-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you. ________________________________
