[isapros] Re: OT: The Most Powerful PC on the Planet!
- From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2006 08:06:25 -0500
Are they are primary partitions?
Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
Site: www.isaserver.org
Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> -----Original Message-----
> From: isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:isapros-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thor
> (Hammer of God)
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 1:22 PM
> To: isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [isapros] Re: OT: The Most Powerful PC on the Planet!
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
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> 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.
> >
> > Thomas W Shinder, M.D.
> > Site: www.isaserver.org
> > Blog: http://blogs.isaserver.org/shinder/
> > Book: http://tinyurl.com/3xqb7
> > MVP -- ISA Firewalls
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----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!
> >>
> >>
> >> 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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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)
> >>>>> Atlanta EES Implementation Team Lead
> >>>>> ECNS Microsoft Engineering
> >>>>> Unisys
> >>>>>
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> >>>>> Cell: 703-625-1468
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> >>>>> 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!"
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> WTF do I do now?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> .
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> >>>>>> Thoughts?
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