From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xen User Subject: Re: extremely slow disk access Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:47:48 -0800 Message-ID: <42448704.5060501@theorb.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Steven Hand Cc: xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Steven Hand wrote: >>Hi list members, >> >>Does anyone have any idea what may be wrong or where I should look next? > > > Looks like you're falling back to PIO mode under Xen. > > Have you compiled in support for your IDE chipset? > > cheers, > Steven, you hit the nail on the head. It took quite a while to recompile in its brain-damaged state but in this case the physician really did heal itself! And, yes, Ian, the performance is now, indeed, on par with the unxenifed kernel. I have only 1G so I will have to apportion it carefully; I'll keep your advice in mind, Nivedita. Now the real fun starts :) Thanks to all, Mike Wright ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click