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M6600 and server 2008R2 SP1

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by reasonablekeith, Mar 28, 2012.

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  1. reasonablekeith

    reasonablekeith Newbie

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    Hi Guys,

    Looking for a guide on setting up server 2008R2 on this laptop. Currently can't even get a network driver running! (tried a bunch on Win7x64 one's from the dell site)

    Have tried the search, and read through as many of the 415 pages on the m6600 owners thread as I could before my eyes started bleeding, but couldn't find any practical advice.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction. Really just need to get it running Hyper-V realiably, anything above that is gravy.

    Mucho Thankos,

    rob
     
    reasonablekeith, Mar 28, 2012
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    ha1o2surfer Notebook Evangelist

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    Extract the driver for Windows 7 x64 and then go into the device manager and manually install it that way. ALL Windows drivers for Windows 7 work with 2008R2. Just some exes and driver software look for windows 7 string and if it's anything different it wont install.

    Doing it manually bypasses that. 99.999 percent of the time lol
     
    ha1o2surfer, Apr 3, 2012
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    tom_bell07 Notebook Consultant

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    VMware workstation 8 or VMWare player (free), either will allow you to create a server 2k8 image that will run ontop of the windows 7 host. This way you get the best of both worlds, you run the approved drivers for windows 7 on your laptop and then on the 2k8 server you install the VMware tools which takes care of all the drivers. I do this with my machine and the server vm's even seem to run faster than when they are installed on physical hardware.
     
    tom_bell07, Apr 3, 2012
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    dafunk60 Notebook Consultant

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    I found this site helpful Convert your Windows Server 2008 R2 to a Workstation! -, it's geared towards running 2008r2 as a workstation but there are some helpful hardware / driver tips. I use virtualbox to run 2008r2 as a guest vm on a w7 host and it runs great for my needs. However, I doubt it is capable of a emulating the hardware required by Hyper-V server role.

    I'd be interested in hearing how you make out. I have been thinking about trying a 2008r2 install on a m6600 but don't have much confidence that Optimus & 2008r2 will play very well together.
     
    dafunk60, Apr 4, 2012
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    futchi Notebook Enthusiast

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    Don't use hyper-v on a notebook, because the computer cannot hibernate or sleep if you turn on Hyper-V.
     
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    sAxmanSSD Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the link. It is pretty clear actually.

    Anyway, the official complete driver for Windows 7 can be downloaded from this link Precision M6600 Windows 7 Driver CAB - Enterprise Client - Wiki - Enterprise Client - Dell Community

    I got everything working except the bluetooth module. I am reading one of the link talking about that. Seems like it's not a straight forward driver installation for the bluetooth devices.

    Now I can happily run Hyper-V :)
     
    sAxmanSSD, May 3, 2012
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