Rebooting Sucks.
Oh yeah, here we go again. While trying to install a VM on the new machine IT gave me, I get the notice that I’m not vt-i enabled. What the Hell is that? Apparently it has something to do with simulating a 64 bit processor, which is interesting, because the machine is 64 bit already. I would guess there’s a virtual processor in the VM, and it needs vt-i to run Windows Server 2008 R2, which is the operating system of the ISO image for the VM. I checked the computer’s support website and found my BIOS is out of date. Bother. This means downloading, rebooting, and crossing my fingers that the blasted thing still works after the BIOS update. On an HP machine, that’s like playing Russian Roulette with two slugs in the cylinder.
But the bagels are in the kitchen, so I’m cooking one in the toaster right now. We get bagels every Friday. It’s kind of a tradition around here that started a little over a year or so ago. Everyone seems to enjoy them, and they keep us all fat. So that’s today, bagels and a BIOS update. And a workout to alleviate the stress of the BIOS update, and the carbs from the bagel.
Off topic, but when they gave me my new PC, they told me my old one was crap. It was going to PC Recycle unless I wanted it. Well, of course I wanted it. It’s already got all my software on it. If I take it home, I can use it to work from home without having to setup a bunch of crap. So, I took it home, and now it won’t boot. It’s an old XP machine, and it hangs on the launch at Windows startup. Then the screen goes black. Of course I didn’t spin the drive down and lock it when I moved it, so I’ve probably scratched the drive plate. Damn. Now I’ve got this enormous server machine in my house and it’s a pile of crap. Maybe I can boot it off a thumb drive using Linux and get into the HD, but I doubt it. I could cannibalize one of the other hard drives and see if their OS will boot in that machine. Really, I just want to write. I hate screwing around with hardware.
Anyway, I rented two movies for tonight. Frankenweenie and the Hatfields and McCoys. I have no idea of they will be any good. The kids probably won’t even want to watch Frankenweenie. Lately all they want to do is play minecraft or screw around on YouTube watching old sitcoms. And my wife won’t want to watch it. She’ll go for the Hatfields and McCoys okay, but she’s not into animated stuff unless the kids are there.
Ah, my bagels are ready, and my BIOS is downloaded. Time for a reboot and a repast. That beats doughnuts and a duck-dog any day.
Filed under: Bitching, Computers, Technology Tagged: | BIOS Update, BIOS Updates Suck, Rebooting
There was a time when I’d have known exactly what was going on with your computer. Now I just know that bagels will help.
Minecraft has swept my son’s family in the last few weeks. It’s something they all play and enjoy, and the 6-year-old is so delighted to be gaming now with everyone else. I don’t see the attraction; I prefer more action and realism (currently Assassin’s Creed 2).
I like Minecraft a lot, the idea of it I mean. How can you beat a world full of virtual legos? It looks like a lot of fun, which is why I’ve avoided it. I don’t need some other addicting game sucking up my already limited time.
I’d go for Frankenweenie
The kids liked it. I fell asleep toward the end.
That sucks that you dragged your computer home and it doesn’t work!
I retrieved an old drawing tablet once at my last job, it worked for about two months and then nothing…urg.
I want to see “Frankenweenie”, I hear it’s good!
Frankenweenie was okay all the way up to the moment I fell asleep. It’s probably worth renting. I was really tired. But, I should note, the entire thing is in black and white. Burton must have been going for nostalgia.
I’m still stuck with Windows XP on my work machine. I’d rather be running Fluxbox on it …
I put a copy of Slax on a thumdrive and got the machine to boot, so now I can get my crap off the hard drive if I want, but that doesn’t help me run the apps in there. Yeah, they were old, but I like being able to use Framemaker, and that won’t run on anything but windows. I have Ubunto on another system, so I might just stick that drive into this machine and see if I can boot it. It’s a better box. This thing was built to be a server. It’s got four CPUs (hardware not virtual). But they’re all pretty slow. I was like, great, I’ve got four CPUs all running at about the same speed as a netbook and housed in a giant 60 pound box. Surely I can do something with this?
In the end, it might make a great boat anchor.
I didn’t understand any of the computer talk stuff, but bagels are good.
I’m thinking of watching the Hatfields and McCoys too! I’m with your kids: Frankenweenie doesn’t sound worth the effort to watch.