The problem is getting the computer to boot from a USB drive, whether that be Win7 or WinXP.
I never knew how to do it...
The problem is getting the computer to boot from a USB drive, whether that be Win7 or WinXP.
I never knew how to do it...
Originally Posted by Adak
Omg... Their download manager sucks >.<! said I could shut it down and continue it, but when I tried continuing it, I got some 'Fatal Error' and had to start all over again >.>
Anyways, I've only heard good stuff about Windows 7 o.o especially that it doesn't demand as much from your PC as Vista :P
Currently research OpenGL
It sucks you have to use their download manager in the first place.
I remember being able to grab the Vista beta builds without Microsoft's download crap.
I agree.It's slow as snail.
With direct download links we can choose download managers of our choice.
Btw, Did you notice download manager seems to be an applet?.
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Microsoft using an rival's technology to spread it's product?!.
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Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
- Albert Einstein.
No programming language is perfect. There is not even a single best language; there are only languages well suited or perhaps poorly suited for particular purposes.
- Herbert Mayer
On my Linux/Firefox I got a direct download (no download manager). Guess it's OS detection =).
I am downloading the 64-bit version for... no particular reason.
I am going to run it in VMware, so hopefully drivers won't be an issue.
Yes, I have noticed. It uses Java, at least for Firefox. They tend to do that since Firefox doesn't support ActiveX.
I've tried installing it under VMWare. It didn't work. Reboots spontaneously during installation and never recovers.
That MIGHT be because I'm running a Mac Mini running Linux running VMWare trying to run Win7 inside THAT, but my suspicion is that it just doesn't work.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
Kind of requires your motherboard to have that particular function, all new motherboards have it, but anything older than 2½ years and chances are slim. Also, what drivers are you having problems with for x64? I've been running XP x64 for over a year now and i have never had any problems, except a _very_ old tuner card, but i couldn't even find any 32-bit drivers for that.
Everything else works right out of the box, so i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that you are mistaken, x64 is mature now...
How I need a drink, alcoholic in nature, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.
I have problems with my wireless NIC not working out of the box, seems x64 wants to connect to the internet to find drivers for it...
BTW its a linksys, so not exactly some no-name brand.
It looks like VirtualBox supports it too.
http://blogs.sun.com/arungupta/entry...windows_7_beta
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted
- Albert Einstein.
No programming language is perfect. There is not even a single best language; there are only languages well suited or perhaps poorly suited for particular purposes.
- Herbert Mayer
Hmm I don't think the host (Mac/PC) matters, it's just x86. What version did you use?That MIGHT be because I'm running a Mac Mini running Linux running VMWare trying to run Win7 inside THAT, but my suspicion is that it just doesn't work.
Great that VirtualBox supports it... but I downloaded the 64-bit version (I don't think VB supports 64-bit guests).
Of VMWare? 6.0.2 build-59824
I can't install Vista under VMWare either, though XP does work. Which is why I think it might be some weird hardware incompatibility.
Code://try //{ if (a) do { f( b); } while(1); else do { f(!b); } while(1); //}
Hmm I am currently installing it under VMware 6.5, no problems so far.
I thought Vista is an officially supported guest?
Works for me.
http://cyberfish.wecheer.com/tmp/w7.png
6.5.1 build-126130
All virtual hardware appears to be supported (nothing outstanding in device manager, network and sound tested)
Even VMware Tools work.
Installation took ~15mins. ~70MB/s harddrive. 3ghz Core 2 Duo.
Didn't really do anything special. Selected "Vista 64-bit", SCSI HD, "Will install OS later" (didn't trust Easy Install, since it identified the ISO as Vista).
BTW, is it just me or does the taskbar look really much like the one in KDE 3...
I'm going to try x64 once more, to see if drivers all there & all that. However, I am having problems booting off the damn USB drive. It always refuses to boot from it, no matter what I do.
UPDATE:
I managed to do it. Running x64. No problems with drivers so far.
Incredibly enough, creative's x64 drivers works perfectly compared to their x86 drivers under Windows 7.
Bass, surround... all works so far as I understand.
There is yet one device to test, as soon as I can get my hands on it, though.
Last edited by Elysia; 01-15-2009 at 06:14 AM.
