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

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

Ive know upgraded to lastest stable "Linux colinux 2.6.22.18-co-0.7.3 
#1" coLinux-stable-20080524 and it also works fine.

Steve

Steve Wagner schrieb:
> 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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