Installing Windows from Ubuntu

[MR ZenWiz]

On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 2:58 AM Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
>
:
> The method I used a couple of years ago and stuck in my Big List Of
> Handy Hints was this:
>
>    sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
>
> I just checked and it still seems to work on my two-year old Lenovo
> laptop, so I guess it's Windows 10. I get this:
>
>    kauer at kt1:~$ sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
>    [sudo] password for kauer:
>    MSDMU
>    LENOVOCB-01
>    ACPI
>    XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
>
I get:

$ sudo strings /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM
strings: '/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM': No such file

I looked and found this:

$ sudo ls /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/
APIC  CDIT  data  dynamic  FACS  FPDT  IVRS  PCCT   SSDT2  SSDT4  SSDT6  WPBT
BGRT  CRAT  DSDT  FACP    FIDT  HPET  MCFG  SSDT1  SSDT3  SSDT5  SSDT7  WSMT

Any suggestions on which one I need?

I'm running a Ryzen 9 5950X CPU on an ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PRO with
Xubuntu 22.04.2 as the host OS.

I ask because my Win10 VM, which was activated from a corporate
license more than ten years ago, is now saying the license is about to
expire. I'd like to renew or replace it, or something - too many years
of goodies on the VM to just let it expire or have to build/install a
new one and transfer all that stuff

Thanks.

Mark