Re: [coLinux-users] Re: [coLinux-devel] colinux-0.6.2-pre1 crashed on athlon 64

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Nuno Lucas <lu...@nl...> writes:

> Paradise, dando pulos de alegria, escreveu :
> > Hi all, coLinux v.0.6.2 pre1 crashed (blue screen) on my windows xp
> > pro sp2 (32 bit ver)
> > however it doesnt crash on my athlonxp....
> > anyone is same as me? or anyone run it on athlon 64 with no problem?
> 
> I guess you installed SP2. It's a known issue and will be corrected.
> In the meanwhile, just disable DEP/NX if you intend to run colinux with
> the Amd64 machine.
>
> This can be accomplished by adding a /noexecute=AlwaysOff in your
> boot.ini, as documented here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2mempr.mspx
> 
> Note that it's probable that it's not related to DEP/NX but with the
> enabling of PAE (Physical Address Extensions), required by DEP/NX.
> What it's not proved yet is if after fixing PAE it will run OK.
> 
> About not crashing on your Athlon XP (or any Pentium), please add /PAE
> in your boot.ini so it can have the same behavior :D

Is this an issue only for AMD CPUs or does it also affect some Intel
CPUs?

I've tried to follow this thread on the mailing lists and it is not
clear to me what conclusion to draw.

-- 
Joe