I’ve just spent a couple of hours trying completely unsuccessfully to install some version, any version, of the platform SDK on an AMD x64 system. All the installs either crash or flat refuse to run.
Is there any way to install a build environment on an x64 system, or am I going to have to back off and use an x86 system instead?
BTW, I haven’t tried installing any of the DDKs yet. Am I going to have the same problems here?
Thanks,
Loren
(I just don’t understand what is so hard about copying some C and header files to the disk and registering some environment variables. Sheesh!)
Hello,
for the ddk you have to use a x86 system as far as I know (crosscompiling)
Uwe
Loren Wilton wrote:
I’ve just spent a couple of hours trying completely unsuccessfully to install some version, any version, of the platform SDK on an AMD x64 system. All the installs either crash or flat refuse to run.
Is there any way to install a build environment on an x64 system, or am I going to have to back off and use an x86 system instead?
BTW, I haven’t tried installing any of the DDKs yet. Am I going to have the same problems here?
Thanks,
Loren
(I just don’t understand what is so hard about copying some C and header files to the disk and registering some environment variables. Sheesh!)
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I thought it would be more dependant on the OS than on the hardware.
From your mail it is not clear what OS you have running on that
hardware. Win95 ? Linux64 ? ;->
Try to install WinDbg at first. Then start SDK install from Windbg.
My guess is: broken harddisk or memory failure.
Norbert.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day. That’s because it was a Government job.”
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I’ve just spent a couple of hours trying completely
unsuccessfully to install some version, any version, of the platform
SDK on an AMD x64 system. All the installs either crash or flat
refuse to run.
Is there any way to install a build environment on an x64 system,
or am I going to have to back off and use an x86 system instead?
BTW, I haven’t tried installing any of the DDKs yet. Am I going to have the same problems here?
Thanks,
Loren
(I just don’t understand what is so hard about copying some C and
header files to the disk and registering some environment variables.
Sheesh!)
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> I thought it would be more dependant on the OS than on the hardware.
>From your mail it is not clear what OS you have running on that
hardware. Win95 ? Linux64 ? ;->
XP for x64 rc1.
My guess is: broken harddisk or memory failure.
No, broken SDKs. If you look at the inf file for the setup, you will find
some of them specifically call out the x64 and don’t have an installer.
Others don’t do that, but they try to run an Itanium installer, which of
course can’t work. And others just plain crash.
Trying the DDK (which I did just for perversity) ends up with the installer
failing with a missing entry point in one of the standard system dlls.
Don’t recall which just at the moment.
Loren
Hmm, then … The fate of early adopters.
Norbert.
“Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.”
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Loren Wilton wrote:
Trying the DDK (which I did just for perversity) ends up with the installer
failing with a missing entry point in one of the standard system dlls.
Don’t recall which just at the moment.
Time out…
Are you saying that you can’t install a pre-release of the *Windows S03
SP1 DDK* on an AMD64 system running Windows-64??
Or that you can’t install a down-level DDK on an AMD64 system running
Windows-64?
Cuz, last time I checked (granted, this was a while ago) it was both
supported and it worked. I’ve done it myself several times.
If this is now broken, I know a bunch of folks who’d like to know 
Peter
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> Loren Wilton wrote:
> Trying the DDK (which I did just for perversity) ends up with the
installer
> failing with a missing entry point in one of the standard system dlls.
> Don’t recall which just at the moment.
Time out…
Are you saying that you can’t install a pre-release of the *Windows S03
SP1 DDK* on an AMD64 system running Windows-64??
Or that you can’t install a down-level DDK on an AMD64 system running
Windows-64?
Well, I was mostly complaining that none of the SDKs will install, which I
normally do before installing the DDK, since I need both to compile my
stuff.
I did mention in passing that a DDK install failed with a missing entry
point, and that was indeed a slightly down-level DDK, Server 03 I think it
was. I’ll have to try again after I download the beta version and see if it
has the same problem.
This happens to be a dual proc AMD server system, and I’m seeing some things
that almost make be believe that the beta isn’t completely happy with a dual
proc system, in the form of things that will start failing and then continue
until a reboot, tending to indicate code or structure corruption happening.
That *may* be what happened with the missing entry point, since I only tried
it once, just as I was giving up and going home for the night. Of course,
this could indicate a hardware problem with the system. Except it is solid
as a rock using a 32 bit version of the OS.
Loren