Installation Completed

[billroper]

The new motherboard arrived today and -- despite being pretty exhausted, because I was up past 3 AM two nights ago working with my Indian colleague and then up before 6 AM this morning for a meeting down in the Loop -- I've installed it in the studio computer. I still need to make sure I installed everything correctly and to install the OS and all the software, but it's progress.

Interestingly, I hadn't noticed that this motherboard has no floppy support. I assume there's some way to get the RAID drivers installed. Or maybe they're included with Windows 7...

Comments

[greenmansgrove.livejournal.com]

Microsoft FINALLY got their shit together with Win7 and Server2008, and both are able to pull drivers from USB devices.

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Thank God! I remember installing Windows2003 on a computer once, and having to go home and fetch a USB floppy drive from my laptop kit in order to install the RAID drivers. I was an odd combination of bemused and furious, and kept muttering things like "It's the 21st century, for god's sake" and "stone knives and bearskins".

[billroper]

Oh, good. Fortunately, I have plenty of options there.

[(Anonymous)]

I had a MB with no floppy support at least 15 years ago. I remember it well, as we had to dig out an ISA floppy card. I suspect we still have the card in the back room.

[kevinnickerson.livejournal.com]

Hurpmph. I guess my login cookie expired. Didn't notice until after the post that I was anonymous.

[billroper]

It may have been something else. Normally, anonymous comments are screened, but yours wasn't. On the other hand, I'm getting notifications again!