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

[Henry N. <hen...@ar...>]

Henry Nestler wrote:
> Thanks. As I suggest last mail :-),
> You have a buggy timer chip, found in Gparted log:
> 
> """
> ..MP-BIOS bug: 8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC
> ...trying to set up timer (IRQ0) through the 8259A ...  failed.
> """
> 
> Some more I see: Why the BogoMIPS under coLinux are faster as in native.
> Typicaly it is reverse.
> 
> Your Debian in coLinux:
> Calibrating delay loop... 15151.92 BogoMIPS (lpj=75759616)
> 
> Your Gparted native live cd:
> Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 3993.27 BogoMIPS
> (lpj=7986550)
> 
> Try to boot with manualy set of the delay, run coLinux with additional
> kernel parameter:
> lpj=1234567
> 

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Fix_Common_ACPI_Problems

The problem is more clear now. But I can currently no find ideas for
virtualisation. It is not Vista, or Vista has reprogrammed the DSDT?
You would perhaps find many more Linux distributions that not works on
this PC.

The timer does not exist on IRQ0. That is truely very bad. The IRQ0 is
the main timer for all events in Linux. coLinux kernel assumed, that
IRQ0 is the timer.

Jonathan, from the Gparted give me more informations please:
cat /proc/interrupts
cat /proc/iomem
cat /proc/ioports

-- 
Henry N.