installing 64bit SAS HA help

[Guest spock]

Hello Everyone

 

I have a problem I have a machine with XP X64 installed and Adaptec SAS 4800 HA installed

but due to fact that

fan has got noisy and I mean VERY noisy and even thou the card is still under warranty.

Adaptec in Australia don't

want to help me. OK I got me a SAS 48300 which does not have a fan, heres the problem

because my motherboard

board only have one pci-x slot which means I can only have one card in the machine at a

time How do I install the drivers.

 

You see the drivers are different, I don't know how to install the drivers for new card

while the old card is still installed.

I have never done this sort of thing before, and before say it I tried to fit 48300 in the

pci slot and guess what I can't get it to fit.

 

Please help the answer is possibily starring me in the face but I can't see it.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

The 4800 _might_ fit in a PCI slot - it depends on the card - some do, some

don't. (My adaptec SAS card won't either, but it's worth a try to check.)

 

First, before you do anything - make a FULL BACKUP. I personally prefer

something like Acronis TrueImage, but even good old NTBackup will do the

job. But get your important data onto some non-SAS controlled drive so you

have a fallback.

 

Then, make sure you have the drivers for the new card available on floppy,

and that you have a floppy drive available. If the machine doesn't natively

have one, borrow one for a bit and plug it in, or get a USB floppy drive.

 

Power down, remove the old SAS card, and insert the new one, and boot off

your XP x64 CD.

Press F6 when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen. This will let

you load the drivers. Now follow the instructions for a Repair Install. The

best instructions for a Repair Install are on Michael Steven's site at:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm.

 

--

Charlie.

 

"spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

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> Hello Everyone

>

> I have a problem I have a machine with XP X64 installed and Adaptec SAS

> 4800 HA installed but due to fact that

> fan has got noisy and I mean VERY noisy and even thou the card is still

> under warranty. Adaptec in Australia don't

> want to help me. OK I got me a SAS 48300 which does not have a fan, heres

> the problem because my motherboard

> board only have one pci-x slot which means I can only have one card in the

> machine at a time How do I install the drivers.

>

> You see the drivers are different, I don't know how to install the drivers

> for new card while the old card is still installed.

> I have never done this sort of thing before, and before say it I tried to

> fit 48300 in the pci slot and guess what I can't get it to fit.

>

> Please help the answer is possibily starring me in the face but I can't

> see it.

>

> Thanks in advance.

>

[Guest spock]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

Thanks I spent nearly 3 hours doing backups with the backup programm

that comes with XP X64 and then with acronis as well then had to intialize

the drive in the HA which did not affect the files etc.

Then I forced "add hardware" to install drivers without the device present I

did not know you could do that until went a looking.

BTW I don't have access to a usb floopy. I find it is useless as the bios updates for

my motherboard are 2mb and will not filt on a floppy. I also find that floppies are the

most unreliable devices ever used on computers with at least 50% failure rate over time.

Thanks again

 

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:OoQ8KAa6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> The 4800 _might_ fit in a PCI slot - it depends on the card - some do, some don't. (My

> adaptec SAS card won't either, but it's worth a try to check.)

>

> First, before you do anything - make a FULL BACKUP. I personally prefer something like

> Acronis TrueImage, but even good old NTBackup will do the job. But get your important

> data onto some non-SAS controlled drive so you have a fallback.

>

> Then, make sure you have the drivers for the new card available on floppy, and that you

> have a floppy drive available. If the machine doesn't natively have one, borrow one for

> a bit and plug it in, or get a USB floppy drive.

>

> Power down, remove the old SAS card, and insert the new one, and boot off your XP x64

> CD.

> Press F6 when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen. This will let you load the

> drivers. Now follow the instructions for a Repair Install. The best instructions for a

> Repair Install are on Michael Steven's site at:

> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm.

>

> --

> Charlie.

>

> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

> news:%23yiVUYZ6IHA.4468@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Hello Everyone

>>

>> I have a problem I have a machine with XP X64 installed and Adaptec SAS 4800 HA

>> installed but due to fact that

>> fan has got noisy and I mean VERY noisy and even thou the card is still under warranty.

>> Adaptec in Australia don't

>> want to help me. OK I got me a SAS 48300 which does not have a fan, heres the problem

>> because my motherboard

>> board only have one pci-x slot which means I can only have one card in the machine at a

>> time How do I install the drivers.

>>

>> You see the drivers are different, I don't know how to install the drivers for new card

>> while the old card is still installed.

>> I have never done this sort of thing before, and before say it I tried to fit 48300 in

>> the pci slot and guess what I can't get it to fit.

>>

>> Please help the answer is possibily starring me in the face but I can't see it.

>>

>> Thanks in advance.

>>

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

"spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

news:%23Cu4hcp6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Thanks I spent nearly 3 hours doing backups with the backup programm

> that comes with XP X64 and then with acronis as well then had to intialize

> the drive in the HA which did not affect the files etc.

> Then I forced "add hardware" to install drivers without the device present

> I

> did not know you could do that until went a looking.

> BTW I don't have access to a usb floopy. I find it is useless as the bios

> updates for

> my motherboard are 2mb and will not filt on a floppy. I also find that

> floppies are the

> most unreliable devices ever used on computers with at least 50% failure

> rate over time.

> Thanks again

>

>

 

I have had enough situations where keeping the old legacy stuff around has

paid off. BIOS updates are not the only uses for floppies. I treat PS/2

ports the same way.

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

Some things, at least until the Vista and later OS versions, require floppy.

I keep one around "just in case". None of us like it, but sometimes it's

necessary. I have an old, standard, 3.5" floppy drive removed from a long

dead desktop, complete with cable and that little power adapter cable, and I

have an inexpensive USB floppy left over from one laptop or another I had

years ago. Both are sitting in zip lock bags on a back shelf.

 

With XP x64 not having SATA or SAS drivers for the majority of the

motherboards out there, it was real handy to have them. Especially since I

haven't built or ordered boxes with floppy for a long time.

 

--

Charlie.

"spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

news:%23Cu4hcp6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Thanks I spent nearly 3 hours doing backups with the backup programm

> that comes with XP X64 and then with acronis as well then had to intialize

> the drive in the HA which did not affect the files etc.

> Then I forced "add hardware" to install drivers without the device present

> I

> did not know you could do that until went a looking.

> BTW I don't have access to a usb floopy. I find it is useless as the bios

> updates for

> my motherboard are 2mb and will not filt on a floppy. I also find that

> floppies are the

> most unreliable devices ever used on computers with at least 50% failure

> rate over time.

> Thanks again

>

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:OoQ8KAa6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> The 4800 _might_ fit in a PCI slot - it depends on the card - some do,

>> some don't. (My adaptec SAS card won't either, but it's worth a try to

>> check.)

>>

>> First, before you do anything - make a FULL BACKUP. I personally prefer

>> something like Acronis TrueImage, but even good old NTBackup will do the

>> job. But get your important data onto some non-SAS controlled drive so

>> you have a fallback.

>>

>> Then, make sure you have the drivers for the new card available on

>> floppy, and that you have a floppy drive available. If the machine

>> doesn't natively have one, borrow one for a bit and plug it in, or get a

>> USB floppy drive.

>>

>> Power down, remove the old SAS card, and insert the new one, and boot off

>> your XP x64 CD.

>> Press F6 when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen. This will

>> let you load the drivers. Now follow the instructions for a Repair

>> Install. The best instructions for a Repair Install are on Michael

>> Steven's site at: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>>

>> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

>> news:%23yiVUYZ6IHA.4468@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Hello Everyone

>>>

>>> I have a problem I have a machine with XP X64 installed and Adaptec SAS

>>> 4800 HA installed but due to fact that

>>> fan has got noisy and I mean VERY noisy and even thou the card is still

>>> under warranty. Adaptec in Australia don't

>>> want to help me. OK I got me a SAS 48300 which does not have a fan,

>>> heres the problem because my motherboard

>>> board only have one pci-x slot which means I can only have one card in

>>> the machine at a time How do I install the drivers.

>>>

>>> You see the drivers are different, I don't know how to install the

>>> drivers for new card while the old card is still installed.

>>> I have never done this sort of thing before, and before say it I tried

>>> to fit 48300 in the pci slot and guess what I can't get it to fit.

>>>

>>> Please help the answer is possibily starring me in the face but I can't

>>> see it.

>>>

>>> Thanks in advance.

>>>

>>

>

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

yup. handy to keep around. And cheap.

 

--

Charlie.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

news:8CE1F2E7-ACB6-46FC-85E0-6496FDE7C203@microsoft.com...

> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

> news:%23Cu4hcp6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Thanks I spent nearly 3 hours doing backups with the backup programm

>> that comes with XP X64 and then with acronis as well then had to

>> intialize

>> the drive in the HA which did not affect the files etc.

>> Then I forced "add hardware" to install drivers without the device

>> present I

>> did not know you could do that until went a looking.

>> BTW I don't have access to a usb floopy. I find it is useless as the

>> bios updates for

>> my motherboard are 2mb and will not filt on a floppy. I also find that

>> floppies are the

>> most unreliable devices ever used on computers with at least 50% failure

>> rate over time.

>> Thanks again

>>

>>

>

> I have had enough situations where keeping the old legacy stuff around has

> paid off. BIOS updates are not the only uses for floppies. I treat PS/2

> ports the same way.

[Guest R. C. White]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

Hi, Charlie.

 

My small tower case has a couple of extra 5 1/4" slots so I've installed my

floppy drive there. It's a "combination" drive with both 3 1/2" and 5 1/4"

slots in a single half-height internal unit. While I haven't inserted a 5

1/4" diskette in a decade or so, it's comforting to know that I can if I

want to - or need to.

 

When my computer's RAM caused a melt-down a couple of weeks ago, I needed

the 3 1/2" floppy to re-install SATA and RAID drivers as I reinstalled WinXP

SP3. Vista had the drivers built-in, but WinXP still doesn't. And WinXP

won't accept boot device drivers from USB or CD, either, in my experience.

 

RC

--

R. C. White, CPA

San Marcos, TX

rc@grandecom.net

Microsoft Windows MVP

(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:#rrVXyq6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Some things, at least until the Vista and later OS versions, require

> floppy. I keep one around "just in case". None of us like it, but

> sometimes it's necessary. I have an old, standard, 3.5" floppy drive

> removed from a long dead desktop, complete with cable and that little

> power adapter cable, and I have an inexpensive USB floppy left over from

> one laptop or another I had years ago. Both are sitting in zip lock bags

> on a back shelf.

>

> With XP x64 not having SATA or SAS drivers for the majority of the

> motherboards out there, it was real handy to have them. Especially since I

> haven't built or ordered boxes with floppy for a long time.

>

> --

> Charlie.

> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

> news:%23Cu4hcp6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Thanks I spent nearly 3 hours doing backups with the backup programm

>> that comes with XP X64 and then with acronis as well then had to

>> intialize

>> the drive in the HA which did not affect the files etc.

>> Then I forced "add hardware" to install drivers without the device

>> present I

>> did not know you could do that until went a looking.

>> BTW I don't have access to a usb floopy. I find it is useless as the

>> bios updates for

>> my motherboard are 2mb and will not filt on a floppy. I also find that

>> floppies are the

>> most unreliable devices ever used on computers with at least 50% failure

>> rate over time.

>> Thanks again

>>

>>

>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

>> news:OoQ8KAa6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> The 4800 _might_ fit in a PCI slot - it depends on the card - some do,

>>> some don't. (My adaptec SAS card won't either, but it's worth a try to

>>> check.)

>>>

>>> First, before you do anything - make a FULL BACKUP. I personally prefer

>>> something like Acronis TrueImage, but even good old NTBackup will do the

>>> job. But get your important data onto some non-SAS controlled drive so

>>> you have a fallback.

>>>

>>> Then, make sure you have the drivers for the new card available on

>>> floppy, and that you have a floppy drive available. If the machine

>>> doesn't natively have one, borrow one for a bit and plug it in, or get a

>>> USB floppy drive.

>>>

>>> Power down, remove the old SAS card, and insert the new one, and boot

>>> off your XP x64 CD.

>>> Press F6 when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen. This will

>>> let you load the drivers. Now follow the instructions for a Repair

>>> Install. The best instructions for a Repair Install are on Michael

>>> Steven's site at: http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Charlie.

>>>

>>> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

>>> news:%23yiVUYZ6IHA.4468@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>> Hello Everyone

>>>>

>>>> I have a problem I have a machine with XP X64 installed and Adaptec SAS

>>>> 4800 HA installed but due to fact that

>>>> fan has got noisy and I mean VERY noisy and even thou the card is still

>>>> under warranty. Adaptec in Australia don't

>>>> want to help me. OK I got me a SAS 48300 which does not have a fan,

>>>> heres the problem because my motherboard

>>>> board only have one pci-x slot which means I can only have one card in

>>>> the machine at a time How do I install the drivers.

>>>>

>>>> You see the drivers are different, I don't know how to install the

>>>> drivers for new card while the old card is still installed.

>>>> I have never done this sort of thing before, and before say it I tried

>>>> to fit 48300 in the pci slot and guess what I can't get it to fit.

>>>>

>>>> Please help the answer is possibily starring me in the face but I can't

>>>> see it.

>>>>

>>>> Thanks in advance.

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

Exactly correct, and why I keep the spares around. I don't bother keeping

any of them inserted into any of my machines, but if I ever need to rebuild,

they're there. The F6 floppy for each machine is taped to the inside of the

cover.

 

--

Charlie.

"R. C. White" <rc@grandecom.net> wrote in message

news:eOdSnyt6IHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Hi, Charlie.

>

> My small tower case has a couple of extra 5 1/4" slots so I've installed

> my floppy drive there. It's a "combination" drive with both 3 1/2" and 5

> 1/4" slots in a single half-height internal unit. While I haven't

> inserted a 5 1/4" diskette in a decade or so, it's comforting to know that

> I can if I want to - or need to.

>

> When my computer's RAM caused a melt-down a couple of weeks ago, I needed

> the 3 1/2" floppy to re-install SATA and RAID drivers as I reinstalled

> WinXP SP3. Vista had the drivers built-in, but WinXP still doesn't. And

> WinXP won't accept boot device drivers from USB or CD, either, in my

> experience.

>

> RC

> --

> R. C. White, CPA

> San Marcos, TX

> rc@grandecom.net

> Microsoft Windows MVP

> (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

>

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:#rrVXyq6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Some things, at least until the Vista and later OS versions, require

>> floppy. I keep one around "just in case". None of us like it, but

>> sometimes it's necessary. I have an old, standard, 3.5" floppy drive

>> removed from a long dead desktop, complete with cable and that little

>> power adapter cable, and I have an inexpensive USB floppy left over from

>> one laptop or another I had years ago. Both are sitting in zip lock bags

>> on a back shelf.

>>

>> With XP x64 not having SATA or SAS drivers for the majority of the

>> motherboards out there, it was real handy to have them. Especially since

>> I haven't built or ordered boxes with floppy for a long time.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

>> news:%23Cu4hcp6IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>> Thanks I spent nearly 3 hours doing backups with the backup programm

>>> that comes with XP X64 and then with acronis as well then had to

>>> intialize

>>> the drive in the HA which did not affect the files etc.

>>> Then I forced "add hardware" to install drivers without the device

>>> present I

>>> did not know you could do that until went a looking.

>>> BTW I don't have access to a usb floopy. I find it is useless as the

>>> bios updates for

>>> my motherboard are 2mb and will not filt on a floppy. I also find that

>>> floppies are the

>>> most unreliable devices ever used on computers with at least 50% failure

>>> rate over time.

>>> Thanks again

>>>

>>>

>>> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in

>>> message news:OoQ8KAa6IHA.4352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> The 4800 _might_ fit in a PCI slot - it depends on the card - some do,

>>>> some don't. (My adaptec SAS card won't either, but it's worth a try to

>>>> check.)

>>>>

>>>> First, before you do anything - make a FULL BACKUP. I personally prefer

>>>> something like Acronis TrueImage, but even good old NTBackup will do

>>>> the job. But get your important data onto some non-SAS controlled drive

>>>> so you have a fallback.

>>>>

>>>> Then, make sure you have the drivers for the new card available on

>>>> floppy, and that you have a floppy drive available. If the machine

>>>> doesn't natively have one, borrow one for a bit and plug it in, or get

>>>> a USB floppy drive.

>>>>

>>>> Power down, remove the old SAS card, and insert the new one, and boot

>>>> off your XP x64 CD.

>>>> Press F6 when you see the prompt at the bottom of the screen. This will

>>>> let you load the drivers. Now follow the instructions for a Repair

>>>> Install. The best instructions for a Repair Install are on Michael

>>>> Steven's site at:

>>>> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm.

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> Charlie.

>>>>

>>>> "spock" <vk5abcnospam@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message

>>>> news:%23yiVUYZ6IHA.4468@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>>>> Hello Everyone

>>>>>

>>>>> I have a problem I have a machine with XP X64 installed and Adaptec

>>>>> SAS 4800 HA installed but due to fact that

>>>>> fan has got noisy and I mean VERY noisy and even thou the card is

>>>>> still under warranty. Adaptec in Australia don't

>>>>> want to help me. OK I got me a SAS 48300 which does not have a fan,

>>>>> heres the problem because my motherboard

>>>>> board only have one pci-x slot which means I can only have one card in

>>>>> the machine at a time How do I install the drivers.

>>>>>

>>>>> You see the drivers are different, I don't know how to install the

>>>>> drivers for new card while the old card is still installed.

>>>>> I have never done this sort of thing before, and before say it I tried

>>>>> to fit 48300 in the pci slot and guess what I can't get it to fit.

>>>>>

>>>>> Please help the answer is possibily starring me in the face but I

>>>>> can't see it.

>>>>>

>>>>> Thanks in advance.

>

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

Gee - keeping'em there, isn't that a 'High Security Erasure Zone'?

 

Personally, with the difficulty of preserving floppies over several years

(or decades) in mind, I've come to put myself under a strict regime (the

only kind of strictness I could ever muster) of formating those floppies and

storing them along-side all the old system CD's, in one safe place, and

re-creating them when they are needed.

 

 

Tony. . .

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

"Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

news:OcAdDBv6IHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Exactly correct, and why I keep the spares around. I don't bother keeping

> any of them inserted into any of my machines, but if I ever need to

> rebuild, they're there. The F6 floppy for each machine is taped to the

> inside of the cover.

>

> --

> Charlie.

 

 

Charlie, you remind me of a time my wife cleaned up my computer area years

ago. It was back in the days of the PC clones and everything was on 5.25

floppies. I came home from work and found that my wife had neatly organized

the stack of discs on my computer table by carefully pinning each disc to

the side of the metal file cabinet with refrigerator magnets. Row upon row

where I could easily see each one.

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

Well, all of the files are also on the server, should a floppy decide to

self destruct. But so far, they're just fine.

 

--

Charlie.

"Tony Sperling" <tony.sperling@dbREMOVEmail.dk> wrote in message

news:uxVuXhx6IHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Gee - keeping'em there, isn't that a 'High Security Erasure Zone'?

>

> Personally, with the difficulty of preserving floppies over several years

> (or decades) in mind, I've come to put myself under a strict regime (the

> only kind of strictness I could ever muster) of formating those floppies

> and

> storing them along-side all the old system CD's, in one safe place, and

> re-creating them when they are needed.

>

>

> Tony. . .

>

>

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

How nice. I'm sure you really appreciated it. :)

 

--

Charlie.

"Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net> wrote in message

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> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:OcAdDBv6IHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Exactly correct, and why I keep the spares around. I don't bother keeping

>> any of them inserted into any of my machines, but if I ever need to

>> rebuild, they're there. The F6 floppy for each machine is taped to the

>> inside of the cover.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>

>

> Charlie, you remind me of a time my wife cleaned up my computer area years

> ago. It was back in the days of the PC clones and everything was on 5.25

> floppies. I came home from work and found that my wife had neatly

> organized the stack of discs on my computer table by carefully pinning

> each disc to the side of the metal file cabinet with refrigerator magnets.

> Row upon row where I could easily see each one.

[Guest Gary Walter]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

I remember a secretary in the "old floppy days"

whose work was constantly being corrupted.

 

Turned out that at the close of the work day

she would prop her work floppy up against

front of monitor so it would be conveniently

there the next morning...

 

so when she turned her computer on, the monitor

blasted the floppy with all the bad emissions they

put out in those days.

 

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote in message

> news:OcAdDBv6IHA.3652@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Exactly correct, and why I keep the spares around. I don't bother keeping

>> any of them inserted into any of my machines, but if I ever need to

>> rebuild, they're there. The F6 floppy for each machine is taped to the

>> inside of the cover.

>>

>> --

>> Charlie.

>

>

> Charlie, you remind me of a time my wife cleaned up my computer area years

> ago. It was back in the days of the PC clones and everything was on 5.25

> floppies. I came home from work and found that my wife had neatly

> organized the stack of discs on my computer table by carefully pinning

> each disc to the side of the metal file cabinet with refrigerator magnets.

> Row upon row where I could easily see each one.

[Guest Jeff Gaines]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

On 23/07/2008 in message <OVNX7QL7IHA.1592@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl> Gary

Walter wrote:

>so when she turned her computer on, the monitor

>blasted the floppy with all the bad emissions they

>put out in those days.

 

More likely it de-gaussed itself, most CRT monitors seemed to do this at

start up.

 

--

Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK

"Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying,

but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?"

[Guest Gary Walter]

Re: installing 64bit SAS HA help

 

This was *way back* in DOS/Zenith 286, no-harddrive days

where one 5.25 floppy booted DOS and other held program(s)

and data...

 

I don't remember monitors being that sophisticated back then...

 

of course I could be wrong...

 

BTW thank you to all that help here.

 

I had need to run SQL Server 2005 64-bit (on XP 64bit)

and learned so much here prior to setting out on a very

successful endeavor.

 

"Jeff Gaines" wrote:

> On 23/07/2008 Gary Walter wrote:

>

>>so when she turned her computer on, the monitor

>>blasted the floppy with all the bad emissions they

>>put out in those days.

>

> More likely it de-gaussed itself, most CRT monitors seemed to do this at

> start up.

>

> --

> Jeff Gaines Damerham Hampshire UK

> "Why is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying,

> but when God talks to us we're schizophrenic?"