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From: Jack Dao on 5 Feb 2010 10:39 It doesn't seem to be supported form Sun, but will any 64bit versions of Windows run on this machine? Like Windows 2003 64bit, or WIndows 2008 64bit? Thanks, Jack
From: John D Groenveld on 5 Feb 2010 10:49 [follow-up's set to comp.sys.sun.hardware] In article <b2ec4a43-0bfa-4bc8-8693-0cddb81355e9(a)a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, Jack Dao <dao(a)snakebrook.com> wrote: >It doesn't seem to be supported form Sun, but will any 64bit versions >of Windows run on this machine? >Like Windows 2003 64bit, or WIndows 2008 64bit? I asked the Google Oracle for the "Microsoft HCL" and I found your answer here: <URL:http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/marketplace/item.aspx?idItem=4f12b0f3-7a9b-cfd1-273e-5974ec77dce7> I would make certain you're running the latest BIOS and SP firmware: <URL:http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/v20z/downloads.jsp> Good luck, John groenveld(a)acm.org
From: solx on 6 Feb 2010 09:05 On 05/02/2010 15:39, Jack Dao wrote: > > > It doesn't seem to be supported form Sun, but will any 64bit versions > of Windows run on this machine? > Like Windows 2003 64bit, or WIndows 2008 64bit? > > > Thanks, Jack > > Hi, Having run Windows XP x64 and 2003 I found that I have replace it with 32bit Windows due to :- a) poor driver support b) software issues
From: Doug McIntyre on 6 Feb 2010 11:17 solx <nospam(a)example.net> writes: >On 05/02/2010 15:39, Jack Dao wrote: >> It doesn't seem to be supported form Sun, but will any 64bit versions >> of Windows run on this machine? >> Like Windows 2003 64bit, or WIndows 2008 64bit? >> >> >> Thanks, Jack >Having run Windows XP x64 and 2003 I found that I have replace it with >32bit Windows due to :- >a) poor driver support >b) software issues XP 64-bit was far out there with zero driver support. Later windows releases 64-bit support is much better. The driver model changed after XP 64-bit was done, and there is actual support now. It was much like WinME, different, alone, and virtually unsupported. Microsoft ships server 2008R2 *only* in a 64-bit configuration. 2003/2008 server running in 64-bit mode works just fine for anything I've done. I've also run Windows7 in 64-bit with zero issues as well. Of course, they still have issues with 64-bit IE not having any plugin support and being unusable so nobody uses it, thus prompting nobody to put in an effort to make 64-bit plugins. They should all take cues from Darwin that in many cases, its quite easy to compile things as dual 32-bit & 64-bit and be done. Solaris is almost as easy. Windows stuff, not so much.
From: Jack Dao on 11 Feb 2010 22:00
On Feb 6, 11:17 am, Doug McIntyre <mer...(a)geeks.org> wrote: > solx <nos...(a)example.net> writes: > >On 05/02/2010 15:39, Jack Dao wrote: > >> It doesn't seem to be supported form Sun, but will any 64bit versions > >> of Windows run on this machine? > >> Like Windows 2003 64bit, or WIndows 2008 64bit? > > >> Thanks, Jack > >Having run Windows XP x64 and 2003 I found that I have replace it with > >32bit Windows due to :- > >a) poor driver support > >b) software issues > > XP 64-bit was far out there with zero driver support. Later windows > releases 64-bit support is much better. The driver model changed after > XP 64-bit was done, and there is actual support now. It was much like WinME, > different, alone, and virtually unsupported. > > Microsoft ships server 2008R2 *only* in a 64-bit configuration. 2003/2008 > server running in 64-bit mode works just fine for anything I've done. > I've also run Windows7 in 64-bit with zero issues as well. > > Of course, they still have issues with 64-bit IE not having any plugin > support and being unusable so nobody uses it, thus prompting nobody to > put in an effort to make 64-bit plugins. They should all take cues > from Darwin that in many cases, its quite easy to compile things as > dual 32-bit & 64-bit and be done. Solaris is almost as easy. Windows > stuff, not so much. Thanks Doug. But I'm not sure what you're saying with respect t the Sun V40Z and Windows Server 2008. Do you have Windows server 2008 up and running on a Sun v40z ?? Thanks, Jack |