how to boot windows VHD without use ventoy

[candrapersada]

how to boot windows VHD using grub without use ventoy like vdiskchain?

[a1ive]

You could try ntloader.

menuentry "Boot Windows NT6+ PE" {
    probe -s dev_uuid -u (hdx,y);
    if [ "${grub_platform}" = "efi" ];
    then
        chainloader /ntloader initrd=/initrd.lz1 uuid=${dev_uuid} file=/path/to/win10.vhd;
    else
        linux16 /ntloader uuid=${dev_uuid} file=/path/to/win10.vhd;
        initrd16 /initrd.lz1;
   fi;
}

ntloader and initrd.lz1 must be placed under the same FAT partition when booting with UEFI.

[candrapersada]

is it for grub legacy or for uefi?

[a1ive]

both. (grub2 legacy & grub2 uefi64)

[candrapersada]

why This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only. ntloader?

[a1ive]

why This repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only. ntloader?

Because I no longer maintain the project.

[candrapersada]

then what will happen if the ntloader project is abandoned?

[candrapersada]

and ntloader alternative

[laurentquark]

hi, if u want to boot with a windows 10-11 OS using a vhdx disk... try easyBCD.

i have 4 vhdx disks, and i boot them without ventoy.

same for my surface pro 5.

but, to boot with a linux OS using vhdx disk,... i search a solution. maybe here