So here is the plan...

1) Connect to internet via the g network.
2) Update mac and install bootcamp update
3) Format hdd for vista partition
4) Install/restore vista from full backup (fingers crossed on that one)
5) Boot into windows.
6) Strip backup of all apps I can install/replace with mac native versions.
7) Boot into osx
8) Install native apps
9) Install parallels
10) Test windows functionality
11) Install time machine into network, configre and establish n wireless connection
12) Start time machine
13) Go to bed

-g

Still no mbp...

...so posting from the bb instead of not posting.

Might get it today, might not?

So yesterday I started a project for consistancy that I have been dearly lacking.

Following a recent similar idea via slowtwitch I thought I would try to do 100 rides in 100 days. No days off. Easy days, but no completely off bike days.

Got out before dark after dinner last night as day 1, ride1.

Day 2, ride 2 looks to be an indoor trainer venture.

-g

Looks good...

Yeah, I know, two posts in one day. Guess that's 'cause racin' has started.

Well, looks like the weather is going to cooperate this week.

We had sun and crisp, dry. Today's tt, sun and 50.

Saturday's roubaix style race?

See the forecast below ;)

"A chance of rain and snow in the morning...then a slight chance of rain and snow showers in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. North winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. "

Looks good.

-g

Upcoming project

I thought I would post this here since in searching the web, it seems noone else has done this before.

Migrate an existing installation of windows to a boot camp partition.

Yup, I ordered a macbook pro. Should be here sometime next week or so.

And I intend to migrate my existing vista ultimate pc to a partition on the mbp.

Here is what I think is a process that will work:

> Take full backup of windows machine (done).
> Partition MBP and setup Boot Camp.
> Restore Vista image from CD + external drive.
> Boot into vista.
> Clean up vista installation and drivers for new machine..
> Install Parallels.
> Migrate firefox/thunderbird profiles to mac
> Strip the windows installation of software that will be installed natively on the mac (office 2008 for ex)

I had originally planned to do a clean install and then restore the backup, but in reading more on vista ultimates backup and restore, it looks like you can restore the image from the boot cd/dvd.

Here's hoping that vista handles things like video drivers and such correctly in terms of restoring to different hardware.

:)

More to follow...

-g

First week...

Of racing (@ least for me).

RMR last saturday. First mass start race for me in almost 2 years. Someone from Bountiful went down right in front of me about ten minutes in. Right up against the wall. He was on the ground, back to me, slowly sliding towards the wall and closing the gap.

I sat there watching the gap close thinking "aw crap, two years off of road racing and 10mins back and I go down on my new slc-sl"...

But made the gap, kept it upright. Did a little teamwork through the race.

Found myself rolling off the front with no effort on 3 to go and sat out there for almost a lap.

Came back to the pack and let them finish it off (no need to tempt fate in the sprint).


Tomorrow is the first saltair tt. Still equipment testing. Will run the 808 ptap, shamal front, ibike, and kestrel. My zedtechs are on order, so we will see when they arrive...

And then to top it off is saturday is one of my favorite races - HOTN - partial dirt road race.

So after a long hiatus of racing BAM right back in it with 3 races in one week.

My plan for the rest of the season is almost no out of town racing. A races are the sat/sun races I feel I could do well at, trying to do all the saltairs and every other DMV (one in-week race a week is a lot for me).

The macbookpro should be here next week or so - so data files posted then...

:)

-g