Sep
9
Posting from my Mac Pro running Vista RC1 x86 (not Parallels)…..
Updates below….
Update: Shorter and more concise version of what I did….
See the bottom of this post for my system config. I can’t promise anything else will work (or based on feedback even that the same config/process will work for you)
What you’ll need:
- A new, unformatted SATA drive. You’re going to dedicate this entirely to Vista.
- In addition to your Vista RC1 DVD and PID, you’ll need a stock XP install disk (SATA slipstream not required; I used an SP2 disk but an SP1 disk would probably work too). You won’t need a PID for XP.
- You’ll need a non-mighty mouse mouse for the XP install. Mighty mouse works fine once you’ve finished the installation.
1) While still booted into OSX, burn a Boot Camp driver CD, eject it, then insert your Windows XP install disk. Shut down the computer.
2) Remove ALL of your peripherals, save the keyboard, monitor and non-mighty mouse mouse. I only have one, stock Nvidia 7300 in my system, so any other video card config may not work properly (dual cards, 1900xt, etc).
3) Remove ALL of the other hard drives in your system and install the new, clean one that you’re going to dedicate to Vista. I put mine in Bay 4.
4) Boot the machine with the Option key, and select the CD that says Windows.
5) Proceed with the XP installation. When you get the Hard Drive/Partition screen, select and delete ANY and ALL partitions on the disk. Then proceed with installation of XP on the single, large unformatted partition.
6) Wait 45 minutes while XP does a full, low-level format of the drive.
7) Finish installing XP and allow it to fully boot.
Eject the XP installation CD (open My Computer, right click on the CD and eject). Put in your Vista RC1 DVD and push the drive door closed.
9) Vista installation screen should automatically start, but if it doesn’t just open the DVD and run autorun.
10) Proceed with installation, making sure not to select Upgrade, but a Full Installation.
11) At first reboot, your system will blue-screen. Shut the machine down manually (button method), restart, then proceed with the Windows install. It will bluescreen like that a couple of times as installation proceeds.
12) If the Gods are with you, you’ll finally boot into Vista proper. Vista should have installed a usable WDDM NVidia driver and you should be able to set your resolution to 32-bit color, native resolution of your display. You can now reconnect your Mighty Mouse if you like, and probably any other peripherals you might have.
13) Eject the Vista DVD, and insert the Boot Camp driver CD. Run the install. You’ll see errors galore, but just click OK. This will get sound working.
14) Reboot. Your system will bluescreen again on the way down.
15) Go get the NVidia beta driver from here and install it. It will want to reboot again, but say no.
16) Run Windows Update. It should find at least one ‘optional’ driver update, which you should install.
17) Open Device Manager, and look through the list for anything that has an exclamation mark. Select, right-click and disable. The Big One is Microsoft Watchdog Timer (which has been causing those blue-screens)
18) Now reboot. It may blue-screen one last time (can’t remember) but on future reboots it won’t.
19) Enjoy.
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Jul
31
Flags over 30 Rock
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Flags over 30 Rock
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For MSNBC.com’s 10th anniversary, we all signed flags that were then flown over the public square outside NBC’s New York headquarters. I didn’t find mine…
Jul
4
Happy 4th
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Test from the Q
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Jun
30
I just finished listening to Steve Gillmore’s talk at Gnomedex (no I’m not there, but I’ve had the audio stream running on the Q most of the day). He spoke, once again, about the ‘Attention Economy‘, a concept that roughly translates to: “There’s real money to be made by knowing what you, Joe Media Consumer, read/watch/listen to.” This is, of course true.
Every media company for the last 100 years, from NBC to the New York Times, has been sustained by money made from eyeballs + time. The twist in the internet age (as evidenced by Google, Yahoo, MSN, Amazon and countless other internet companies) is the level at which they’re able to make money off of your personal attention. Buy a Michael Bolton CD on Amazon and, hey, you’d probably also like this Celine Dion CD. You know you want it, you crazy music fan, you….
Gilmore’s new twist on this whole thing is that you (yes, you Joe Media Consumer) should personally own and make money from your attention. Today you give all of your attention away to Big Media (old and new). Surf a while on Yahoo, there’s money being made. By Yahoo. MSNBC.com is no different. Gilmore’s proposal is this: cut out the middle man, through some magical combination of Web 2.0 wizardry and VC money. Give it a couple of years and we’ve got an economy made up of people who make 6 figure salaries doing nothing but surf MySpace.
Jun
19
A Second Life for Deadwood
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I love HBO’s “Deadwood”. It’s not only one of the best-written dramas to come along in years, but more interesting to me is the detail with which they’ve recreated the texture (both physical and psychological) of the historical time and place. It’s a simultaneously optimistic and ugly world where characters play out their dreams and desires, unfettered by rule or constraint.
Second Life is a lot like Deadwood. Just go there. Wander around. Thankfully (unlike the historical Deadwood, S.D.) there’s no chance of being shot in the street, but if you look long and hard enough you’ll find all of the other elements: gambling, sex, and all other manner of lawless capitalism at work.
Second Life is not a game. There’s nothing to win or lose. There aren’t really even any laws in Second Life. Sure, the creators of the world (Linden Labs) have created a basic set of rules and limitations, but it’s a place largely regulated (or unregulated) by its inhabitants. It’s a place where people can go to recreate themselves, in whatever image or manner they want. Physical barriers disappear- your appearance and abilities are bounded only by your imagination.
