# Installation as a Hyper-V Guest **URL:** \ **Category:** SLES Virtualization\ **Created:** [May 22, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installation-as-a-hyper-v-guest/29821 "2017-05-22T17:18:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RalfLangeDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RalfLangeDD](https://forums.suse.com/u/RalfLangeDD)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installation-as-a-hyper-v-guest/29821/1 "2017-05-22T17:18:50Z")
I try to install SLES 12 SP 2 as a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine. During the installation, I select Ext4 as type of root (50GB) and home (150GB) partition. When I start the Installation, after a few minutes the installation process hangs during the preparation of the partitions. I test different possibilities: VM generation 1 and 2, different file systems, EFI or not, different BlockSizeBytes, … Always the same result. Have somebody an idea to fix this problem? Thanks, Ralf ---
**Author:** ![Automatic\_Reply](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Automatic\_Reply](https://forums.suse.com/u/Automatic_Reply)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installation-as-a-hyper-v-guest/29821/2 "2017-05-29T07:30:37Z")
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**Author:** ![KEVIN1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a9adbd/32.png) [@KEVIN1](https://forums.suse.com/u/KEVIN1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installation-as-a-hyper-v-guest/29821/3 "2017-05-29T09:02:07Z")
RalfLangeDD wrote: [color=blue] > I try to install SLES 12 SP 2 as a Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machine.[/color] You don’t provide many details. I haven’t used Hyper-V but according to Microsoft it is only supported on Windows Server operating system version 2016. [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/Supported-SUSE-virtual-machines-on-Hyper-V](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/Supported-SUSE-virtual-machines-on-Hyper-V) – Kevin Boyle - Knowledge Partner If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below this post. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![RalfLangeDD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RalfLangeDD](https://forums.suse.com/u/RalfLangeDD)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/installation-as-a-hyper-v-guest/29821/4 "2017-05-29T12:16:54Z")
Thanks for the tip about the Windows Server operating system version. We use 2012R2. So I will go back to the SLES 12 SP 1. Regads. Ralf