Forgot to get a mini HDMI cable, so right now I can’t hook it up to a monitor to install the OS. Waiting for that to arrive.
Having problems installing the NIC drivers. Apparently it doesn’t support Server 2012. The Windows 8.1 driver doesn’t work.
There is a workaround listed here, though it might be a pain…
Copy/paste, in case that thread disappears later:
It is not so difficult to make windows server 2012 R2 to work. I’ve done it in 15 min. Good luck, i’ve installed windows 2012 R2 with Hyper-V and it works like a charm.
- Download this LAN driver for Windows 8 x64 for the NUC
-
Extract package and open \PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS64\e1d64x64.inf in notepad, edit it so it looks like below "e1d64x64.inf" -
Run as admin: bcdedit -set loadoptions DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS -
Run as admin: bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON -
Reboot -
Install driver by executing \APPS\PROSETDX\Winx64\DxSysChk.exe -
Run as admin: bcdedit -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS -
Run as admin: bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF -
Reboot -
Then the network card works and is has this Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I218-V
e1d64x64.inf remake:
Version]
Signature = “$Windows NT$”
Class = Net
ClassGUID = {4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Provider = %Intel%
CatalogFile = e1d64x64.cat
DriverVer = 03/14/2014,12.11.96.1
[Manufacturer]
%Intel% = Intel, NTamd64.6.3, NTamd64.6.3.1
[ControlFlags]
[Intel]
[Intel.NTamd64.6.3.1]
; DisplayName Section DeviceID
; ----------- ------- --------
%E153ANC.DeviceDesc% = E153A.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153A
%E153ANC.DeviceDesc% = E153A.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153A&SUBSYS_00008086
%E153ANC.DeviceDesc% = E153A.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153A&SUBSYS_00011179
%E153BNC.DeviceDesc% = E153B.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153B
%E153BNC.DeviceDesc% = E153B.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153B&SUBSYS_00008086
%E153BNC.DeviceDesc% = E153B.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153B&SUBSYS_00011179
%E155ANC.DeviceDesc% = E155A.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_155A
%E155ANC.DeviceDesc% = E155A.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_155A&SUBSYS_00008086
%E155ANC.DeviceDesc% = E155A.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_155A&SUBSYS_00011179
%E155ANC.DeviceDesc% = E155A.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_155A&SUBSYS_90BA104D
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559&SUBSYS_00008086
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559&SUBSYS_00011179
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559&SUBSYS_90BA104D
%E15A0NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A0.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A0
%E15A0NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A0.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A0&SUBSYS_00008086
%E15A1NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A1.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A1
%E15A1NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A1.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A1&SUBSYS_00008086
[Intel.NTamd64.6.3]
; DisplayName Section DeviceID
; ----------- ------- --------
%E153ANC.DeviceDesc% = E153A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153A
%E153ANC.DeviceDesc% = E153A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153A&SUBSYS_00008086
%E153ANC.DeviceDesc% = E153A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_153A&SUBSYS_00011179
%E155ANC.DeviceDesc% = E155A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_155A
%E155ANC.DeviceDesc% = E155A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_155A&SUBSYS_00008086
%E155ANC.DeviceDesc% = E155A, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_155A&SUBSYS_00011179
%E15A0NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A0, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A0
%E15A0NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A0, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A0&SUBSYS_00008086
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559&SUBSYS_00008086
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559&SUBSYS_00011179
%E1559NC.DeviceDesc% = E1559.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1559&SUBSYS_90BA104D
%E15A0NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A0.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A0
%E15A0NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A0.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A0&SUBSYS_00008086
%E15A1NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A1.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A1
%E15A1NC.DeviceDesc% = E15A1.6.3.1, PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A1&SUBSYS_00008086
Well, that didn’t work. Trying some Intel drivers for server 2012 from the Dell site.
That didn’t work either. 
Doh! Sorry
Tomorrow we’re going to try installing Linux and see if we can virtualize Server 2012 on that.