RC4 install experiance ACPI failure work around

Hi

I finally got around to installing RC4. I had my usual experience with 
ACPI on my Dell Optiplex GX620. It failed to boot. Without ACPI the 
install was uneventful (1st CD was bad). Then I decided to try and get 
ACPI working. It had stopped on the boot following installation using 
the wizard at a line saying it was initializing devices/events and 
objects so I used the /SAP:0x6f to enable ACPI but not initialize 
anything. It work both /PIC and /APIC (high irqs are working). Then I 
determined that the actual problem was Device initialization /SAP:0x20 
which still booted fine. This setting worked but I experienced very slow 
video performance under SNAP (ATI Radeon X600 Series). I experimented 
further  and found that the video problem was fixed if memory and event 
initialization was disabled (/SAP:0x25). I am posting this as a possible 
fix for others experiencing slow video with ACPI and SNAP, perhaps 
/SAP:0x05 would work to fix this on other systems. (Note I am using the 
ACPI.psd from 2-28-08 I didn't try the one in RC4 so it might also work. 
I am using the 104a SMP Kernal; hyper treading is working (single CPU))

I still have a couple of complaints about the install. The most 
significant is the failure to provide amouse as an option (perhaps as 
the default) for the CD boot. My mouse fails to track appropriately 
using the IBM drivers and while I am fine using the keyboard it would be 
a very negative experience for a new user. My other complaint is the 
clutter in config.sys that is caused by failing to customize the drivers 
  etc for the system being installed. My machine has no HPFS partitions 
but HPFS.ifs is still installed and I don't install DOS/Win but the 
virtual drivers and the DOS config stuff is still placed in config.sys.

One comment on the ecom virtual drive front end, it is easy to use but 
does produce one oddity. I decided to map all the drives on a remote 
machine at once. I was surprised by the fact that it also mapped the 
printers as drives. It would be nice if it could determine the 
difference and only map the drives.Yes I could do them one at a time. 
One other note the virtual drive seems slower (scanning) than the newest 
netdrives SMB combination.

All in all I would rate RC4 as very good. The install went very smoothly 
and the system appears to run fine in limited testing. Many Thanks to 
the ecom team.

Eugene Gorbunoff wrote:
> 
> Dell -> pay attention to /FS + SMP kernel
> read ACPI docs
> 
> Please post bug-report to ACPI tracker, attach logs:
> http://ecomstation.ru/projects/acpitools/?action=logs
> 
> 

Dell -> pay attention to /FS + SMP kernel
read ACPI docs

Please post bug-report to ACPI tracker, attach logs:
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/acpitools/?action=logs

On 30.03.08 19:32, Gregg Young wrote:

[ACPI success]

Yes, I read your thread. Great that you've got that one running! (I
had also success with a TP R61i, excepting the audio driver. Paul's
new versions didn't work so far.)

> I still have a couple of complaints about the install. The most
> significant is the failure to provide amouse as an option (perhaps
> as the default) for the CD boot.

Fixed. See: http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=1971 (Link works
after you login on www.ecomstation.com)

> My machine has no HPFS partitions but HPFS.ifs is still installed

I would file a bug. IIRC something like that doesn't exist there as
yet.

> and I don't install DOS/Win but the virtual drivers and the DOS
> config stuff is still placed in config.sys.

That's already reported: http://bugs.ecomstation.nl/view.php?id=1734

> One comment on the ecom virtual drive front end, it is easy to use
> but does produce one oddity. I decided to map all the drives on a
> remote machine at once. I was surprised by the fact that it also
> mapped the printers as drives. It would be nice if it could
> determine the difference and only map the drives.Yes I could do them
> one at a time. One other note the virtual drive seems slower
> (scanning) than the newest netdrives SMB combination.

Please contact Alex Taylor and/or file a bug.

> All in all I would rate RC4 as very good. The install went very
> smoothly and the system appears to run fine in limited testing. Many
> Thanks to the ecom team.

Yes, from me as well.

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Eugene Gorbunoff wrote:
> 
> Dell -> pay attention to /FS + SMP kernel
> read ACPI docs

Which are where?

> Please post bug-report to ACPI tracker, attach logs:
> http://ecomstation.ru/projects/acpitools/?action=logs
> 
>