What Are You Doing Right Now
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@bnrstnr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Does anybody running KVM have issues with Windows XP guests?
Just upgraded XCP-ng from 7.6 to 8.0 and now our stupid ass ancient punch clock app running on XP won't boot :angry_face:
No chance to upgrade? Running XP is ... almost suicidal. You should at least isolate that machine and all attached things (-> e.g. dedicated VLAN).
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@bnrstnr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Does anybody running KVM have issues with Windows XP guests?
Just upgraded XCP-ng from 7.6 to 8.0 and now our stupid ass ancient punch clock app running on XP won't boot :angry_face:
I think the issue lies in the fact that your business is still relying on Windows XP for any service.
Talk with the punch clock vendor and get a new one, don't blame the hypervisor.
100% not blaming the hypervisor lol I can't tell you how many times I've told management that the thing is on it's last leg and no longer supported. The software hasn't been updated since 2001... Silly me keeps fixing it though. I think it might finally be time to upgrade.
I spend at least an hour a week updating the thing manually, I've added up my costs and shown them how much money the stupid ass thing costs the company and they don't care.
I do need to spin it up on something and retrieve the data though. That's why I was asking about KVM. I guess I could just do it on my computer with Hyper-V
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@black3dynamite said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@bnrstnr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Does anybody running KVM have issues with Windows XP guests?
Just upgraded XCP-ng from 7.6 to 8.0 and now our stupid ass ancient punch clock app running on XP won't boot :angry_face:
With KVM, when installing unsupported OS like Windows XP through Virtual Machine Manager, you end up using the generic default template.
Chipset will be i440fx.
Storage will be IDE bus type.
Nic will be e1000(Intel).This is what somebody recommended for XCP-ng, too. Create a new VM with the "Other install media" template and attach the disk to it.
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@bnrstnr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@bnrstnr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Does anybody running KVM have issues with Windows XP guests?
Just upgraded XCP-ng from 7.6 to 8.0 and now our stupid ass ancient punch clock app running on XP won't boot :angry_face:
I think the issue lies in the fact that your business is still relying on Windows XP for any service.
Talk with the punch clock vendor and get a new one, don't blame the hypervisor.
100% not blaming the hypervisor lol I can't tell you how many times I've told management that the thing is on it's last leg and no longer supported. The software hasn't been updated since 2001... Silly me keeps fixing it though. I think it might finally be time to upgrade.
I spend at least an hour a week updating the thing manually, I've added up my costs and shown them how much money the stupid ass thing costs the company and they don't care.
I do need to spin it up on something and retrieve the data though. That's why I was asking about KVM. I guess I could just do it on my computer with Hyper-V
Or use any live-boot linux distro.
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trying to keep my cool. SERENITY NOW!
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feeling good. just off the phone with a nice person who helped with a stupid problem who made me feel not dumb.
here's to nice people!
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Good day, but feeling ridiculously tired. Working on a Windows Server 2019 remote install on a KVM host.
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@LilAng said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
trying to keep my cool. SERENITY NOW!
LET ME SLAP A FOOL!
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Good day, but feeling ridiculously tired. Working on a Windows Server 2019 remote install on a KVM host.
Where's the slowdown?
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AviMark migration.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
AviMark migration.
sort of like what Noah did if you can bend my meaning around until it makes sense.
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@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
AviMark migration.
sort of like what Noah did if you can bend my meaning around until it makes sense.
HAHA! I saw Ark before I'd even finished the word... word associations being what they are and all, ended up on the same page
Long distance high five.
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@nadnerB Cool.
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Kelly said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Who the hell mixes hot with alcohol...
It's super common. Hard mulled cider is phenomenal.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Kelly said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Who the hell mixes hot with alcohol...
It's super common. Hard mulled cider is phenomenal.
I can drink coffee and whiskey/whisky at the same time but not mixed. Its such a weird combo. I'd literally rather double-fist the two than to have a mixed beverage like that lol.
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There isn't enough coffee today, I feel like I didn't sleep at all.
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I cannot imagine the misery I'd be in if I were addicted to coffee.
