Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801 Fails on 128MB of Memory
Because everyone knows that the latest Windows OS will run great with a Q6600 and a GTX 280, I’m usually more interested in testing these things on somewhat older hardware.
My usual test machine, a not so out of the ordinary Dell Latitude D600, is out of commission for want of a hard drive. The other test machine, a less ordinary P4 desktop, is not out of commission for want of a hard drive, but for want of everything else besides a hard drive.
So I dusted off ye old Dell Dimension XPS R450, and popped in the disk, only to be presented with a cheerful message from the Windows Boot Manager:
Well okay. Someone’s gotta have seen that one coming from a mile away. If, you can’t read the top parts, that’s fine, as the main message is pretty clear. Status: 0xc0000017. Info: Ramdisk device creation failed due to insufficient memory.
So there, you have it folks. Just maybe I’m confirming what everyone else in the world already knows, but for those who don’t, Windows 7 Pre-Beta Build 6801 fails on 128MB of memory.
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