Vista Beta 2 Goes Public Today

[ui]ICEMAN said:
Its affected me for the previous 2 builds, not sure about any others, if you're installing onto NForce4 SATA, doesn't matter if it's RAID or not, some people will not be able to even start the installation. The installer bombs out the instant you select your language with a window "Setup could not get information about the disks on your computer", you don't reach any point where you can install drivers for the SATA or choose a disk so there's no way around it. Even if you install through XP (doesn't seem possible with the new ISO's released yesterday, corrupted autorun.dll) and install the relevant SATA drivers, it still comes up with exactly the same error message when your system reboots.
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So there is no way whatsoever of installing it on an NF4 board? I'll have to try it on my xeon rig. Does anyone know if it supports 4 cores?
 
I haven't been able to download it - it goes very very fast (on university connection here - up to 5MB/s or so from time to time, possibly just because someone else nearby had already tried to download it) - then stops entirely, then goes at 5 k/s for a while, occassionally speeds up a bit again, and so on and so forth. I've given up on it, will try again in a few days.
 
Amp34 said:
So there is no way whatsoever of installing it on an NF4 board? I'll have to try it on my xeon rig. Does anyone know if it supports 4 cores?
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A nVidia have released Beta 2 driver for nForce4 boards, I'd guess they think it's possible. They provide an SATA driver too...
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_nforce_vista_x86_beta2.html

And here's a guide on howto install Beta 2 onto an nForce4 SataRaid System:
http://www.nforcershq.com/forum/vis...299.html?sid=a1c81053a03f1d8105500dfd10ae7215
 
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I'm using the latest version of FDE (Free Download Manager) to download the X64 version at 120KB/s. I've got MAX as well, but BT MAX for me is complete FUBAR, and I now get 1mb speeds instead of my previous 2meg...Anyway, can't wait to give Vista try...just hope my 200GB sata (non raid) works.

IS there any way to try this without having to delete my Windows Xp O/S?

Can Vista be run as a Live CD ala Ubuntu style?
 
Atomic said:
IS there any way to try this without having to delete my Windows Xp O/S?
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Yep, make sure you have a spare partition or drive with at least 15Gb, burn to DVD or mount in DaemonTools or similar, follow the autorun instructions for a clean install on another partition (don't choose upgrade, it isn't worth the hassle. It's not been perfected and will probably leave you in a mess)
Can Vista be run as a Live CD ala Ubuntu style?
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Unfortunately, no.
 
gonna try this when i get home and find a spare 15Gb on my HDs. Think my comp will run it, just have to make sure there are 64bit drivers for my GFX, Mobo, Sound card etc?

A64 3200+
1GB
280Gb
Creative Audigy
NF3 Neo 2 Plat (also wireless card)
9800SE @ Pro (Using omega drivers)

can anyone confirm that should work hunky doory?

:)
 
dbappa said:
gonna try this when i get home and find a spare 15Gb on my HDs. Think my comp will run it, just have to make sure there are 64bit drivers for my GFX, Mobo, Sound card etc?

A64 3200+
1GB
280Gb
Creative Audigy
NF3 Neo 2 Plat (also wireless card)
9800SE @ Pro (Using omega drivers)

can anyone confirm that should work hunky doory?

:)
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Creative have been a bit slack with audio drivers, so you may struggle with that. If you can't find x64 drivers, installing the x86 version wouldn't be too different. As above though, check out the Upgrade Advisor to see any incompatibilities:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/upgradeadvisor/default.mspx
 
ANyone know how long the insall lasts for ? Don't want to mess around reinstalling averything after something like 30 days.
 
thanks guys for the info might try and get it sorted as a dual boot if I can find some space, any idea on what size its after ? I suspect aroynd 5 gig ?
 
Does anyone know if Vista (particularly the X64 ed.) has the 'generic' built in drivers for stuff like Geforce 4's?

Would like to try it out on my lappy, and the GPU is the only thing really that would cause me any potential concern I think.
 
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