Re: [coLinux-users] Vista SP1 - complete failure

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

OK ... update ...

After diving into the colinux-users archive, I saw a note about the 
0.8.0 test version for ntconsoleflood ... that actually seems to have 
fixed this issue.

As noted in the email string that led to that test version, the Vista 
Business I'm running it on is a multi-core cpu; this may be another 
example where a SMP setup is breaking the 'older' versions of colinux.

My previous system, is a WinXP P4 2.4 .. which is a single cpu system.

- Jonathan

Jonathan Deitch wrote:
> 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
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