Slow install w/ kvm

[Bill Davidsen]

Konstantin Svist wrote:
> Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>> Using kvm-74-10.fc10.x86_64, tried an install of Xp sp3 x86 from
>> an iso and a floppy image with a sif file all writing to a file
>> based disc image. The install portion of copying files took forever
>> and a day.
>>
>> The host is a recent quad core with 5gigs of ram, is this normal
>> for kvm?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> jlc
>>   
> 
> Last I checked (year or more ago) it was a known bug (I think
> ACPI-related). In short, Windows makes some special system calls during
> install - they supposedly speed up installation on raw hardware, but
> slow down by a lot on virtual machines. Workaround was to disable ACPI
> during install... or something to that effect
> 
The other possibility is that the /dev/kvm doesn't have the right permissions 
and the VM was run as a normal user, in emulation mode rather than hardware 
assist.  YMMV.

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