I think you are on to something here. I will try this solution on next kernel update.
I also found some information why this setting is not turned on by default: https://www.electricmonk.nl/log/2016/03/14/terrible-virtualbox-disk-performance/ I have also created an issue at the VirtualBox forum (Kernel updates in VM with Ubuntu 18.04 host (kernel 5.0.0.x) takes very very long time): https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=94822&sid=86f403dbb1ae5474d61565f11d33486c /My regards from Sweden Roger -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/947664 Title: Unpacking linux-headers unbelievably slow in Lubuntu Precise (Beta 1) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dpkg/+bug/947664/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
