Hi Kevin,
On 28.06.2008 19:45, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
I have successfully installed and booted win-xp with coreboot-v2 and legacybios under qemu.
Great!
Unfortunately, when I try to install or boot win-xp with coreboot-v2 and legacybios on my via epia-m the system hangs.
Hm. Off the top of my head, I see a few things you could try in order of increasing difficulty: - Linux installation CD in VESA 640x480x8 mode (e.g. openSUSE install DVD with graphical boot screen) - XP installation CD with slipstreamed SP3 - Win2000 installation CD with slipstreamed SP4 - XP (64bit) installation CD with and without slipstreamed SP3 - Vista both 32bit and 64bit (IIRC Vista 64bit was running under coreboot in Qemu last year) - Compare factory BIOS memory maps with your memory maps - Compare lspci (there have been interesting differences in the past) - Compare IRQ setup (IIRC Windows expects all interrupts to be enabled, Linux does not care) - Switch off debugging (might upset Windows) - Check SuperI/O differences, especially anything with interrupts and timers - Make sure there is no MP table in memory
At this point, I don't know if the problem is related to coreboot and its epia-m support, or if it is related to legacybios. I've confirmed that the hang does not occur inside the bios. The last thing the install reports before hanging is "Setup is starting Windows".
A few hopefully useful links: *http://tinyurl.com/5dxvgr* http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B217073&x=9&y=17 http://pascalg.wordpress.com/2006/08/09/windowsxp-install-stalling-setup-is-... http://weblog.saardrimer.com/index.php/setup-is-starting-windows_106/
I hope this helps.
Regards, Carl-Daniel