Now to say things are upside down is a bit of an understatement to make. The install went like clockwork and had most things set up autmatically, except for the device driver for the ethernet port (preversely preventing me activating and updating to get the driver). The only small problem was that the harddrive was not pugged into the machine I was intending to use as a server, but rather my faster 3.06 Ghz machine so I could use the DVD drive to install. After switching harddrives, the thing simply will not boot. I’ve no idea why. I suppose that it could be lack of memory ( I have 384MB DDR RAM installed on it – minimum is 256Mb), orlack of processor power ( Pentium 3 700Mhz – minimum 1 GHz).
I even tried plugging the DVD drive directly into the Pc and booting from the install disk – and it still fails to boot.
The first problem is easily solved, As is the third ( albiet from more costly). But the second is impossible.
These are not problems with the software, its the hardware I chose to run it on. I could use WHS using the only PC I have that boots from that harddrive, but that Pc happens to be my main PC.
So I now have th4e following options to consider:
- Buy that new Dell Poweredge Server
- Install Linux
- Install Solaris
- Do nothing
The Poweredge server may just have to wait a few weeks, but I’m seriously considering it.
Installing Solaris is nearly out as I couldn’t make head or tail of it a few times I used it. Suse Linux recognises NTFS partitions and might be a possiblity.
Or I could do nothing and restore the Windows XP Home Install and use it very little (I suppose that I could simply share the entire harddrive over the LAN).
So until I figuire it out, WHS is not going be running.
I might try do some tests between my laptop and the WHS Harddrive to see how it performs, but it’ll have to be in the dead of the night when theres no actual work to get done.
Random Musings 