[Xen-users] Re: hvm dapper install slow

[Randall Smith <randall@xxxxxx>]

Follow up:

The hd formatting froze and 15% as well the cpu applet.  The mouse still 
worked as well as the menu.  I tried to open FireFox, but it didn't open 
then the mouse eventually froze and I killed it.
Randall

Randall Smith wrote:
> I've got an AM2 Athlon64 X2 (it's nice) and attempting to install 
> systems using HVM.  I installed WindowsXP and that went OK.  I'm now 
> installing Ubuntu 6.06 and it's painfully slow.
> The host is running Debian Etch with the included Xen packages.  I've 
> got host ram set to 512M and the system has 2G.
> My config looks like this:
>
> arch_libdir='lib64'
> kernel="/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader"
> builder="hvm"
> name="rdapper"
> #vcpus=1
> memory = 512
> disk    = ['phy:/dev/vg1/rdapper,ioemu:hda,w', ]
> cdrom='/home/randall/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-amd64.iso-1'
> boot='d'
> on_poweroff = 'destroy'
> on_reboot   = 'destroy'
> on_crash    = 'destroy'
> device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm'
> snapshot = 0
> #soundhw='sb16'
> #usb=1
> sdl=1
> vnc=0
>
> Any idea why it is so slow and if anything can be done about it.  It's 
> currently formatting the hd with ext3 and is at 15% after about 10 minutes.
> Randall
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