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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
