Re: [kvm-devel] faster boot with -no-kvm?

2007-05-06 Thread Avi Kivity
David Abrahams wrote: A subsequent reboot went much faster. Wow, the virtual machine really blazes now! Wish I'd known about that earlier, thanks! Looks like something the wiki wants to know about too. Seems like it's already there:

Re: [kvm-devel] faster boot with -no-kvm?

2007-05-05 Thread David Abrahams
on Thu Apr 12 2007, Avi Kivity avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w-AT-public.gmane.org wrote: David Abrahams wrote: on Thu Apr 12 2007, Avi Kivity avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w-AT-public.gmane.org wrote: There is a workaround: My Computer - Properties - Hardware - Device Manager - [Whatever's

Re: [kvm-devel] faster boot with -no-kvm?

2007-04-12 Thread Dor Laor
When I start my Windows VM with -no-kvm, it seems to boot much more quickly than without. Also there's a long period, right after the VM changes its screen resolution from the 640x480 used for Windows' boot screen to 1280x1024, where the VM's screen goes all white. Is this all normal? I think

[kvm-devel] faster boot with -no-kvm?

2007-04-12 Thread David Abrahams
When I start my Windows VM with -no-kvm, it seems to boot much more quickly than without. Also there's a long period, right after the VM changes its screen resolution from the 640x480 used for Windows' boot screen to 1280x1024, where the VM's screen goes all white. Is this all normal? -- Dave

Re: [kvm-devel] faster boot with -no-kvm?

2007-04-12 Thread Avi Kivity
David Abrahams wrote: When I start my Windows VM with -no-kvm, it seems to boot much more quickly than without. You probably have acpi enabled in Windows. This causes massive slowdowns in kvm; the real fix will unfortunately require you to upgrade your hardware. There is a workaround: My

Re: [kvm-devel] faster boot with -no-kvm?

2007-04-12 Thread David Abrahams
on Thu Apr 12 2007, Avi Kivity avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w-AT-public.gmane.org wrote: David Abrahams wrote: When I start my Windows VM with -no-kvm, it seems to boot much more quickly than without. You probably have acpi enabled in Windows. This causes massive slowdowns in kvm; the

Re: [kvm-devel] faster boot with -no-kvm?

2007-04-12 Thread Avi Kivity
David Abrahams wrote: on Thu Apr 12 2007, Avi Kivity avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w-AT-public.gmane.org wrote: There is a workaround: My Computer - Properties - Hardware - Device Manager - [Whatever's under Computer, unless it's Standard PC] - Properties - Update Driver - Not at this