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

[Steve W. <li...@la...>]

No i used a development snapshot downloaded from colinux.org.

Steve

Henry Nestler schrieb:
> Hello Steve,
> 
> thank you for your post.
> 
> You have self compiled the kernel? Please let us see your used gcc and
> type inside: "dmesg | head -n1"
> 
> Please send me your kernel config.
> 
> Henry
> 
> Steve Wagner wrote:
>> I cant help you, but i can say that "Linux colinux 2.6.17-co-0.8.0 #2" 
>> works with Vista SP1 on an Core Duo without any problem for me.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Jonathan Deitch schrieb:
>>> I saw a definite difference in behavior between the 0.7.3 and the 
>>> "ntflood" 0.8.0 ...
>>>
>>> 0.7.3 would cause the system to lockup within a minute ... 0.8.0 ntflood 
>>> would run OK for 4-5 minutes and then lock up (same exact symptoms).
>>>
>>> The pictures, unfortunately, do not help.
>>>
>>> As I memtioned, this problem occurs with minimal settings (initrd and 
>>> root) booting the initrd ram boot.
>>>
>>> No image, no network, no nothing.
>>>
>>> If I can't get the RAM boot to work, then there's no point going any 
>>> farther with anything else.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?  I really need help on this ... if there isn't a solution 
>>> soon, I will probably be forced to abandon using colinux altogether, and 
>>> rethinking my whole way of working.  :-(
>>>
>>> - Jonathan
>>> Henry Nestler wrote:
>>>> I have no Vista running. But from an example of install I have lots of
>>>> screenshots. Perhaps you will find suggestions from there:
>>>> http://www.henrynestler.com/colinux/screenshoots/Vista-Album
>>>>
>>>> The "ntconsoleflood" is also fixed in coLinux version 0.7.3 final release.
>>>>
>>>> Henry
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan Deitch wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>>  Whoops ... I spoke too soon.
>>>>>
>>>>> The "ntconsoleflood" 0.8.0 version allows the system to boot, and run
>>>>> for a bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> After about 5 minutes, however, the same exact circumstances as before
>>>>> occur.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reproduced with all the same settings (including the barebones /dev/RAM
>>>>> boot).
>>>>>
>>>>> Same symptoms with vista before after colinux shutdown - everything runs
>>>>> very slow, entire PC is unusable.
>>>>>
>>>>> So still no solution.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Jonathan
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan Deitch wrote:
>>>>>     
>>>>>> 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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