[coLinux-users] Vista SP1 - complete failure

[Jonathan D. <tz...@sp...>]

I've tried every trick I can find on the web, and I can't get /any/ 
version of colinux running on Vista SP1.

Tried 0.7.3 (release version) and the latest 0.8.x development version.  
Same exact symptom.

What happens is the system boots up, and seems to be just fine.

After about 60 seconds, /both /the linux /and/ Vista slow to a crawl and 
neither is usable.

Even if you get Colinux shut down, Vista is /still/ slow as molasses and 
the only recovery is to reboot (and that's if Vista doesn't freeze on 
shutdown).

Tried with multiple system images (various flavors of Linux), same thing.

Tried with the bare Ramdisk boot (just initrd.gz) - same thing.

Tried to run a debug on the bare ramdisk boot ... the instant the system 
started, the entire machine rebooted.  No bluescreen, just black screen 
then POST.

So no way to capture debug info, either.

So I'm completely stuck ... and this is a huge issue for me ... I do 
major development work under colinux, and they want to retire my XP box, 
since the entire company is migrating to Vista.

Soon I won't be given a choice; I need this working before that happens ...

Anyone got any ideas?

Remember ... the image in this case is irrelevant - the problem occurs 
w/the initrd.gz RAM boot. so it's something endemic to within colinux 
and its kernel itself.

- Jonathan