Vista – A Saga In The Making
So I took the lazy way out and tried to install Vista via Parallels. Seemed like a good plan – until I tried to connect to the Internet, that is. Now I believe that this has to be an issue with Parallels and the virtual hardware detection for all three network cards. Two of them are integrated and one RealTek standalone. And even if this is an issue with Vista directly, I am all right in buying a card known to work with the OS as this is something we face with wireless in the Linux world every day. It’s not a big deal.
With that, here is my question: I am going to be spending a fair portion of my weekend doing the “full installation” in the “real world,” meaning no para-virtualization. Have any of you found network card incompatibilities with Vista Ultimate? If you have, please share your experiences in the comments area. I am relying on you to help me to get this OS connected to the Internet.
Something comical that I should point out is that every Linux distro I have ever tried in Parallels works with my existing Internet connection – out of the box. This holds true with my Linux compatible wireless card or any land-based NIC known to man. Doesn’t really mean anything, I just thought it was interesting.
[tags]installation,networking,vista,linux,connectivity[/tags]





