[isapros] Re: OT: The Most Powerful PC on the Planet!
- From: "Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <isapros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 12:02:26 -0700
Yes.
On 7/2/06 6:06 AM, "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx> spoketh to all:
> 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
>
>
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>> -----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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 11493 Sunset Hills Rd.
>>>>>>> Reston, VA 20190
>>>>>>> Office: 703-579-2727
>>>>>>> Cell: 703-625-1468
>>>>>>>
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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!"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> WTF do I do now?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> t
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