| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Firebird network installation questions |
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| Author | Helen Borrie |
| Post date | 2011-05-29T21:19:07Z |
At 07:16 AM 30/05/2011, Kjell Rilbe wrote:
Hard drive size is an issue for this software, though (see comments below). OP should check further, as to whether the whole harddrive is 60GB or just the "C:" partition. Unless this machine is very, very old, it won't have come with just a 60GB drive. OP needs to check MyComputer to see whether there are more partitions. On the glass-half-empty side, XP has been shipping on OEM bundles since 2002. This box could be 9 years old. :-(
OP - here's how to look up your machine and OS specs on WinXP:
Right-click on My Computer and select Properties. It should come up with the General tab - if not, click on the General tab. Unfortunately you can't copy-and-paste from that display but write down all the details. We don't care that it is a Dell-whatever - that's just the outfit that built the machine.
As a comment on Lester's comments talking up the low-spec hardware - the 2 GB RAM and 60 GB disk storage are likely to be showstoppers, given that the software for intended use is reading and writing big BLOBs (it captures and retrieves sound files).
Off-topic - as a musician myself, I hate that IT staff in an academic situation think they have the power to dictate what software the music teachers can use. A teacher should NOT have to go out and buy his own hardware in order to enable his students to use essential software. I hope the client machines have decent speakers for running Auralia....
./heLen
>I'm no expert on Windows licensing, but I would not be surprised if theXP Pro *does* have a 10-connection limit ** for Windows networking**, which (AFAIR) includes NetBEUI connections. But TCP/IP is preferred anyway and, for TCP/IP, there are no limits (other than the hardware ones, which are real).
>IT people are actually right, concerning lilcense terms.
>It is possible that Microsoft license terms don't allow a regular WinXP machine be connected to by more than one person at a time.XP Home limits. OP said he has XP Pro.
>If that is the problem, a Linux box would be perfect.It would solve the "licensing issue", if there were one. But OP should use TCP/IP anyway. That said, OP could pick up a decent used box on eBay or similar for not much at all, install Mint (for ease of use) and just let it be a dedicated server for the classroom network.
Hard drive size is an issue for this software, though (see comments below). OP should check further, as to whether the whole harddrive is 60GB or just the "C:" partition. Unless this machine is very, very old, it won't have come with just a 60GB drive. OP needs to check MyComputer to see whether there are more partitions. On the glass-half-empty side, XP has been shipping on OEM bundles since 2002. This box could be 9 years old. :-(
OP - here's how to look up your machine and OS specs on WinXP:
Right-click on My Computer and select Properties. It should come up with the General tab - if not, click on the General tab. Unfortunately you can't copy-and-paste from that display but write down all the details. We don't care that it is a Dell-whatever - that's just the outfit that built the machine.
As a comment on Lester's comments talking up the low-spec hardware - the 2 GB RAM and 60 GB disk storage are likely to be showstoppers, given that the software for intended use is reading and writing big BLOBs (it captures and retrieves sound files).
Off-topic - as a musician myself, I hate that IT staff in an academic situation think they have the power to dictate what software the music teachers can use. A teacher should NOT have to go out and buy his own hardware in order to enable his students to use essential software. I hope the client machines have decent speakers for running Auralia....
./heLen