[geeks] windows on a Sun v65x?

Scott Howard scott at doc.net.au
Thu Mar 4 05:42:34 CST 2004


On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 03:32:54PM -0500, Francois Dion wrote:
> Alright, before I receive tons of email, let me explain. I'm needing to 
> compare performance of windows 2000 server and Solaris 9 12/03. On a Sun 
> V65x. Or so I tought I could.
> 
> I got a pair of V65x. On one I installed Solaris. On the other, I'm 
> trying to install windows, but it just wont go anywhere. It doesn't look 
> like it's booting the cd, somehow. It will boot Solaris in a jiffy. This 
> is an intel mobo. Did Sun figure out a way to prevent Windows to boot on 
> this box?

Certainly should work out of the box.  The V65x will very shortly appear
on the Microsoft Windows certification list (or whatever they call it)
for a few versions of Windows, including w2k.

  Scott



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