Generation 2 VM boot from Media/DVD (not .iso)

So is it like that, that I cannot even boot Generation 2 from physical DVD media which is inserted in my Hyper-V host?

You can create ISO file using this PS script..
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   end if
   if Not IsNull (objNetAdapter.DefaultIPGateway) then
    strIPGateway = objNetAdapter.DefaultIPGateway(0)
    WScript.Echo "IP Gateway:       " & strIPGateway
    objSCCM("OSDAdapter0Gateways") = strIPGateway
   end if
   if Not IsNull (objNetAdapter.DNSServerSearchOrder) then
    strDNSServerSearchOrder = objNetAdapter.DNSServerSearchOrder(0)
    WScript.Echo "DNS Server:       " & strDNSServerSearchOrder
    objSCCM("OSDAdapter0DNSServerList") = strDNSServerSearchOrder
   end if
   if Not IsNull (objNetAdapter.MACAddress) then
    strMACAddress = objNetAdapter.MACAddress(0)
    WScript.Echo "MAC Address:      " & strMACAddress
   end if
   if Not IsNull (objNetAdapter.DNSDomainSuffixSearchOrder) then
    strDNSDomainSuffixSearchOrder = objNetAdapter.DNSDomainSuffixSearchOrder(0)
    WScript.Echo "DNS DOMAIN:       " & strDNSDomainSuffixSearchOrder
   end if
   if Not IsNull (objNetAdapter.WINSPrimaryServer) then
    strWins = objNetAdapter.WINSPrimaryServer
    objSCCM("OSDAdapter0EnableWINS") = "true"
    if Not IsNull (objNetAdapter.WINSSecondaryServer) then
     strWins = strWins & "," & objNetAdapter.WINSSecondaryServer
    end if
    WSCript.Echo "WINS Server:      " & strWins
    objSCCM("OSDAdapter0WINSServerList") = strWins
   else
    objSCCM("OSDAdapter0EnableWINS") = "false"
   end if
   objSCCM("OSDAdapterCount") = "1"
  end if
Next
End If
Bob

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