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Re: Resurrect discussion: Mixing 32 and 64 bit distro


On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Reini Urban <rurban@x-ray.at> wrote:
> On 02/18/2013 03:04 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>
>> On Feb 17 17:40, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Reini Urban wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I can only maintain 32bit packages as I have no w64.
>>>> I doubt that most packages have both.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You could always do the cross build approach; you just won't have the
>>> ability to test both packages.
>>
>>
>> As for testing, if you have a 64 bit Linux available, you can just run
>> an evaluation version of 64 bit Windows 8, Windows 2008 R2 or Windows
>> 2012 in a KVM:
>>
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh699156.aspx
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd459137.aspx
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948472
>
> I'll try that, thanks

I found out my colleagues still have their MSDN subscription and the images.

en_windows_8_enterprise_x64_dvd_917522.iso has Hyper-V, VHD and
RemoteFX support.
For kvm the _n_ version (without media player) is enough.
-- 
Reini Urban
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