[isapros] Re: OT: The Most Powerful PC on the Planet!
- From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:21:31 -0700
Well, I'm about to dive in and see how well it goes. Should be interesting
have "Server" as my client OS ;) Too bad you can't upgrade from XP Pro to
Server... That would have made the testing a bit easier.
Anyone else have issues when doing multiple boots with multiple SATA/SATA2
drives? No matter what drives/partitions I choose to install a new OS on a
different partition, the modified boot.ini always uses a signature() in the
boot path rather than the multi() syntax, and it never boots into the
install bits. Manually changing the path to specifying the proper
drive/partition works to boot into the install, but I always get the dreaded
x7b stop error after that. This is true regardless of the Win OS being
installed and probably due to bad mojo on the references to the sys drivers.
I actually have to disconnect all my other drives to get a "clean" install,
at which point I go and edit the boot.ini on my original C: to boot into the
OS. That works fine, but doing it that way makes me feel like I'm sportin'
a shanker.
t
On 7/1/06 7:11 AM, "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh to all:
> Yep, looks like that's where I'm going too. I'm tired of waiting for
> these VMs to sure a lousy 4GB memory and two procs.
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thor
>> (Hammer of God)
>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:50 PM
>> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [isapros] Re: OT: The Most Powerful PC on the Planet!
>>
>> Then I'll still be in the "no drivers, limited software"
>> environment. Looks
>> like there won't be any perceivable (or real, for that
>> matter) performance
>> difference between the two, yet I'll get full memory support and my
>> preferred environment out of x32 Ent.
>>
>> I'll just have to see how the drivers go...
>>
>> Stay tuned!
>>
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>> On 6/30/06 3:19 PM, "Steve Moffat" <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> spoketh to all:
>>
>>> What about Ent 64 bit?
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>> On Behalf Of Thor (Hammer of God)
>>> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:08 PM
>>> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Thor; Young, Gerald G
>>> Subject: [isapros] Re: OT: The Most Powerful PC on the Planet!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-versus-Windows-or-32-bi
>> t-versus-6
>>> 4bit
>>> -1349.shtml
>>>
>>> This is an interesting benchmark test between x32 and x64
>> bit. I may be
>>> stuck in "x64 is way mo betta" for no reason. From a speed
>> standpoint,
>>> anyway...
>>>
>>> So, Ent Ed on this guy might actually be the way to go. And in all
>>> actuality, I wouldn't really need to worry about loading
>> virtual server
>>> on it anyway, as I would just load everything into that instance.
>>>
>>> I'll see if everything loads properly... Good call Gerald. Thanks.
>>>
>>> t
>>>
>>>
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>>> On 6/30/06 2:36 PM, "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> spoketh to
>>> all:
>>>
>>>> Now that's an interesting idea... Load Enterprise Ed of
>> Win2k3 to take
>>>
>>>> advantage of all the RAM while still being able to have the full
>>>> experience of sound, preferred apps, video preferences, etc.
>>>>
>>>> So, I'd loose the x64 environment, but keep all the goodies while
>>>> still using Virtual Server the way I want to. Plus have
>> the benefits
>>>> of having "Server" running. Hmmm. Not bad.
>>>>
>>>> So the question now becomes, "how much faster is x64 than x32?"
>>>>
>>>> Anyone?
>>>>
>>>> t
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/30/06 2:24 PM, "Young, Gerald G" <Gerald.Young@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> spoketh to
>>>> all:
>>>>
>>>>> FedEx it to me?
>>>>>
>>>>> Put *nix on it and try to get wine to work with your Window apps?
>>>>>
>>>>> Try Vista, which may or may not support 8 GB of memory (can't
>>> remember).
>>>>>
>>>>> Use W2K3 Enterprise (x32) and keep most, if not all other
>>>>> functionality? The server OS is a pretty stable game
>> platform since
>>>>> almost all XP drivers work on it (or at least they have for me).
>>>>>
>>>>> Enterprise shouldn't set you back too far since you can
>> afford that
>>>>> beast of a rig you got. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> You could also take up the hobby of 3D rendering or graphical
>>>>> editing, if they aren't already hobbies of yours.
>>>>>
>>>>> You could also probably put that puppy to work with the
>> SETI screen
>>> saver.
>>>>> Who knows, you might actually find THE signal. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> While I'm envious (from a gaming perspective) I look at buying
>>>>> something like that akin to buying a mansion to live in
>> when you're
>>>>> single. What ARE you going to do with it? :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Not to mention, can you imagine cleaning a mansion by yourself?!
>>>>> Cordially yours,
>>>>> Jerry G. Young II +From Blackberry+
>>>>> MCSE (4.0/W2K)
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>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Fri Jun 30 16:56:54 2006
>>>>> Subject: [isapros] Re: OT: The Most Powerful PC on the Planet!
>>>>>
>>>>> Pass it around to share?
>>>>>
>>>>> John T
>>>>> eServices For You
>>>>>
>>>>> "Seek, and ye shall find!"
>>>>>
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>>>>>> WTF do I do now?
>>>>>>
>>>>> .
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>>>>>> Thoughts?
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