From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?Jernej_Simon=C4=8Di=C4=8D?= Subject: Re: KVM, windows 2000 and qcow2 Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 22:58:34 +0100 Message-ID: <4746182.20101109225834@eternallybored.org> References: <4CD9A9D9.7050502@miamammausalinux.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1250 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: "RaSca on [KVM]" Return-path: Received: from mail.konto.si ([89.212.6.117]:32964 "EHLO mail.konto.si" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751626Ab0KIWEe convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Nov 2010 17:04:34 -0500 Received: from localhost (postar.konto.si [127.0.0.1]) by mail.konto.si (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AEF84B57F for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:01:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.konto.si ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (postar.konto.si [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id V52i5A8pU5GG for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:01:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from edge.analytics.brightedge.com (foo.eternallybored.org [84.255.206.8]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.konto.si (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 888354B57E for ; Tue, 9 Nov 2010 23:01:20 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <4CD9A9D9.7050502@miamammausalinux.org> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 21:06:49, RaSca wrote: > in which is explained how is better to run win2k on qcow2 images. > My question are: is this the reason why my machines freezes? Very unlikely - using a block device directly is usually both the fastest and most reliable way to run a guest OS. You are using -vga vmware - in my experience, Qemu's VMWare VGA emulation isn't very reliable with Windows guests (redraw problems). -vga std and the AnaPa VESA driver (for Windows 2000, which doesn't have native VESA driver) work the fastest (-vga cirrus also works, but it's slightly slower for some reason). How does the VM freeze - is there a BSOD? What's qemu-kvm's CPU usage when the VM freezes? --=20 < Jernej Simon=E8i=E8 ><><><><>< http://eternallybored.org/ > Murphy was an optimist... -- O'Toole's Commentary on Murphy's Laws