However, a corporation only provides a legal, structural blueprint for sustainability and succession. Success still requires competent *business* leadership.

In many ways, open source is an effort to discover the fact that producing and sustaining a successful *product* over the long term involves competence beyond just the ability to code.

I setup a virtual Win10 edu guest in hyper-v. I mounted a Win11 LTSC/IoT iso as a drive using hyper-v tools. When I ran the command I got the same error you did.

Next. I copied the Win11 LTSC/IoT iso to a folder in the Win10 edu guest. I mounted the ISO and ran the command and didn't get the error.

It's installing now but the setup only gave an option for saving my files, not the apps. It's not great but it makes sense.

The line should look like this: https://i.postimg.cc/VLHfF4H3/commandline.png

If it's correct, I'd like to know some specifics, if you don't mind. Current OS and ISO you're working with.

I've never had this fail and if there's an instance where it will, I'd like to know about it.

Using updated Win 10 and current 25H2 iso downloaded direct from Microsoft.

The only thing that is perhaps a little unique is that this is a Win10 Home installation that was previously upgraded to Win10 Pro.

EDIT: Well, there is one more little detail. I used RUFUS to produce a bootable USB drive. Apparently, the install is checking for this somehow.

I reformatted and used WinRAR to extract the ISO to the USB drive and it is currently in the process of installing (30% complete). I'll post the final results.

Mounting an ISO from within Windows seems to expose an upgrade-centric version of the installer.

Users of these platforms are being farmed like cattle.

Hopefully, this has been tested for durability and some MTBF specs are available to prove it.

Otherwise, buyer beware.

EDIT: I couldn't find any MBTF specs so I looked up the "limited warranty" for this product.

There is no warranty of uninterrupted or error-free operation.

Legal liability is the issue that will really make it pop.

Intentionally adopting technology that is known to be unreliable and untrustworthy is a textbook definition of negligence --- just the sort of thing lawyers live for.

They will if you pay them to do it upfront.

In other words; for a $400k home, the difference in interest between a 4% loan and a 5% loan over 30 years is worth maybe $20k in today's dollars (just a guesstimate, I haven't done the actual math).

So all the builder needs to do to make this magic happen is markup the sales price of his $400k home by 5% and use the additional cash to buy the rate down.

Basically, it's just marketing BS made possible by the time value of money.

Do you feel lucky? Maybe what it says is true and maybe not.

Unless you already know the topic well enough to tell the difference, the only realistic approach is to treat any results as potential BS and disinformation tailored to fit your request.