= Hyper-V Tricks, Fixes and Hacks =

== Creating a NAT Switch ==

{{{
PS> New-VMSwitch -SwitchName "NATSwitch" -SwitchType Internal
PS> New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 192.168.1.1 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (NATSwitch)"
PS> New-NetNat -Name "NATNetwork" -InternalIPInterfaceAddressPrefix 192.168.1.0/24
}}}

== Problem: Ubuntu running on Hyper-V doesn't appear to finish booting ==

In my case I got this cryptic message: 

{{{
/dev/sda1: clean, w/x files, y/z blocks
}}}

And there it sits - doing nothing. To fix it do the following:

 1. Ctrl+Alt+F2  -> Hey, there is a login prompt here!
 1. Login
 1. sudo apt-get purge nvidia* 
    a. Why? Not sure, but this has been the cause often
 1. sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
    a. Yes, you do need an internet connection for this.
 1. reboot
    a. before rebooting, I actually went through the {{{apt update && apt upgrade}}} process. 

Thanks to Ocean Wong (https://askubuntu.com/questions/882385/dev-sda1-clean-this-message-appears-after-i-startup-my-laptop-then-it-w)