mkb: replied a few moments ago
up_the_irons, thanks!
np!
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.
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.
would you care to share with the class the purpose of this painless-sounding exercise?
painful, is of course what i meant
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
sorry, meant more about what the use case for it would be. and was just poking fun at the idea; no malice intended.
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.)
ah, very cool. except for the part about the connection, that is.
jpalmer: did you go with Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1 ?
jpalmer: it doesn't seem to be too taxing on the host either, which is good