• Luffy@lemmy.ml
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    15 hours ago

    Yes, of course

    Except, i doubt anyone will be doing much with a 32 code Xenon CPU Windows snobs cant even run Windows on without a super giga 1000€ license for more than 16 Core CPUs

    And the cuda only fanless and outputless GPU will also be kinda useless, especially because they all need a special setup to force feed air through the entire rack to not overheat

    • gian @lemmy.grys.it
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      6 hours ago

      You clearly have a very restricted imagination about what ideas people could come up to use such hardware…

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      14 hours ago

      I mean it’s 64/128/256 cores for home/pro/workstation so not really. People buying aftermarket server parts that want windows can probably figure out how to type irm https://get.activated.win/ | iex if they don’t want to pay for it anyways lol.

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      13 hours ago

      Windows snobs cant even run Windows on without a super giga 1000€ license for more than 16 Core CPUs

      I’m not using Windows servers at home but if I did then a license wouldn’t be a factor when deciding what hardware to buy.

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        10 hours ago

        And on top: ROK ISOs by hardware vendors by HPE (and probably lenovo) don’t have the trial time limit and can be run indefinitely without a license.
        You only need to satisfy the requirement of running a supported motherboard during boot of the iso.
        Well…Too bad that I can (unlike in ESXi) modify the manufacturer string in proxmox to say whatever I want ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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            5 hours ago

            At work we sell servers by HPE.
            We create Install-ISOs from the included install ISO.

            At boot the Installer checks if the system is manufactured by the vendor.
            If it is: It continues boot and offers you the installer options
            If it is not: It will fail with a message that the manufacturer doesnt match.

            On ESXi you need to pass the argument smbios.reflectHost = true (or something along those lines)

            Dunno how HPE customized the install.wim
            But you can probably get those for cheap on ebay and maybe compare the wims for differences.

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              2 hours ago

              Yeah I’ve reinstalled Windows on Dells and it just works without any hassle because it reads something in the bios that says it already has a Windows license. I was wondering what it reads that would be configured in Proxmox to allow the same. I would be nice to be able to create a Windows VM on the fly without any license setup or license bypass tricks during/after install. Instead it would just work because Proxmox tells it to.

              • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                2 hours ago

                Once installed it doesnt bother anymore with those checks.
                So right now my state is essentially an eternal windows VM that doesnt let me change the wallpaper ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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      15 hours ago

      a super giga 1000€ license for more than 16 Core CPUs

      Year of the Linux Desktop! Any day now… any day… huffs copium