up_the_irons: mkb: replied a few moments ago
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mkb: up_the_irons, thanks!
up_the_irons: np!
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jpalmer: up_the_irons: Thanks! The virtio driver seems to have worked. it sees the disk now. We'll know shortly if things like ethernet controller work.
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jpalmer: so, windows appears to run well in the VPS. load up the right drivers, and off to the races. It actually runs suprisingly decent in 768m RAM.
a little slow when switching apps and such. so, I'm asking for a bump in RAM.. but overall, I'm kinda impressed.
avj: would you care to share with the class the purpose of this painless-sounding exercise?
painful, is of course what i meant
jpalmer: it wasn't painful. load ISO, install. select drivers, done.
if you mean, why do it? I needed a windows VPS, and wanted to use ARP instead of finding another windows VPS provider
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avj: sorry, meant more about what the use case for it would be. and was just poking fun at the idea; no malice intended.
jpalmer: use case is: I have very flakey internet at home. (I live in a very rural area) and need a reliable and always-on windows instance to run a piece of software that is very sensitive to network latency
(My internet goes out for mild storms, sometimes for 2-3 days until I can get them out to fix the lines.)
avj: ah, very cool. except for the part about the connection, that is.
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mnathani: jpalmer: did you go with Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 ?
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up_the_irons: jpalmer: it doesn't seem to be too taxing on the host either, which is good
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