Re: [coLinux-users] Colinux Ubuntu Guest Extremely slow

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pa...@wa...(Paul Waldo)  21.12.07 08:52


>I am running the latest colinux (0.7.1), 

Please try the devlopement release 0.8.
It's stable enough for a developer ,)

>and it seems to be running quite slow.  
>The KDE UI is somewhat jerky because of the slowness, but
>my main concern is raw processing power.  I am hoping to be able to do
>Java software development at work without having to interact with
>Windows.  I'm willing to deal with the fact that coLinux is only using
>one of the two CPUs, but I can't justify using it on a daily basis if
>it takes significantly longer to do my job.

>Here are the platform details:

>Host
>*******
>Windows XP
>coLinux 0.7.1
>Pentuim D, ~3 GHz
>3GB RAM

>Guest
>*********
>Kubuntu Gutsy i386

>I booted my Kubuntu Live CD and found that it reported the bogoMIPS at
>5990.33.  coLinux reports the bogoMIPS at 1520.43.  That means the
>coLinux guest is running at ~25% of native speed.  I know that
>bogoMIPS are not an true speed representation, but I think it is close
>enough to give a general idea of what is going on.

>Any help on getting colinux up to speed would be greatly appreciated!

Maybe fiddling with "boot.ini" might help to find the core problem

Some ideas:

/burnmemory=1024
/maxmem=1024 (better use burnmemory)
/3GB (or not?)
/userva=2900 (or less?)
/PAE (?)
/pcilock  (?)

Please report your results.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833721/EN-US/
"Available switch options for the Windows XP and the Windows Server 2003 Boot.ini files"
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