Because I *bought* a copy of vmware workstation, and I'm going to jolly well use it! This means that I need a GUI on the server, which, in turn, requires nvidia drivers to run the onboard chipset. I was using vesa drivers until the latest nvidia ones would install, but I think that they were scribbling on low memory whenever the wind turned easterly.
TBH I also wanted a gui on this server... none of the virtualized ones except Win2k3r2 ( sorry ) use them. I've got loads of disk space, and plans to build up a media server, and want to play with stuff locally. The real downside is that I've got no serial port, so I may be swapping to another (ati based) mobo that does. Steve On Thu, 18 May 2006 09:03:37 +1200 Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > May I ask why your server needs nvidia drivers? > > On 17/05/06, Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ...the power cord. Over the last 2 months, this server has given me nothing > > but grief. From wrongly wired switches to memory failure to disk failure, > > and a three week battle with instability that was finally cured by the > > latest nvidia drivers, it's running out of things to throw at me. > > > > Obviously not quite run out completely, though (: > > > > > > Steve > > >
