From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CfGnw-00079v-TR for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:01:53 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CfGnv-00079P-Bz for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:01:51 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CfGnv-00079A-8A for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:01:51 -0500 Received: from [64.233.184.197] (helo=wproxy.gmail.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CfGda-0001sg-Gx for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:51:11 -0500 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 68so32432wri for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2004 03:51:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:51:09 +0100 From: Piotras Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: Windows 2000 disk full problem during install... In-Reply-To: <41C2C1BA.9000509@simtreas.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <200412142142.iBELg2Qa009126@treas.simtreas.ru> <41C2C1BA.9000509@simtreas.ru> Reply-To: Piotras , qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Vladimir N. Oleynik" , qemu-devel@nongnu.org If this is the problem, how Bochs solves it? Piotrek PS. There is another issue that AIO-like driver could clean: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2004-09/msg00290.html On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 14:23:38 +0300, Vladimir N. Oleynik wrote: > Leo, > > > I was wondering if anyone had a chance to look into this problem more. > > I've done a great deal of research myself on it so far, but do not yet have > > a solution. Most of the c:\winnt\security\edb*.log files that fill up the disk > > are created during the hardware scan stage in the GUI portion of the install. > > I'm using Windows 2000 Professional, on QEMU 0.6.2 (latest from CVS) and have > > encountered the problem on any flavor of Linux I try. > > > I also tried a small patch to hw/ide.c (without the multithread bits), > > from Vladimir N. Oleynik. Basically only the s->status is set to READY_STAT > > instead of READY_STAT | SEEK_STAT in/around hw/ide.c:1472 from that patch. > > This did not solve the problem at all. > > O my God! > This problem consists not in these flags, you looked corrections > to the previous version of the ide emulator. > I have made new hack specially for elimination of a Subject problem only. > This correction adds waiting one (or zero, autorandomly) period before > sending interruption after positioning before write. (see attach) > But this a HACK, do not use after w2k install! > Me other idea interested - to make asynchronous input-output. > The received effect of elimination of a Subject problem was > completely unexpected. > But the author of the QEmu has not supported idea. > (The sended a patch do not contain asynchronous input-output.) > > --w > vodz