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From: Erik Rull <erik.rull@rdsoftware.de>
Subject: Re: kvm-77 Excessive Disk Access causes real time clock hang!
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 21:30:27 +0200
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Hi Avi,

Avi Kivity wrote:
> Erik Rull wrote:
> The file system is the guest's business.  Instead of '-hda /dev/hda2', try
> 
>  -drive file=/dev/hda2,cache=none

great!
cache=off worked - none caused an error.

The Timing problem is still present but the XP system is now much more
interactive during file access (copy / defrag,...)

I will try out the 84 kvm with the irq-reinjection.

Best regards,

Erik