Re: faster boot with -no-kvm?

David Abrahams
2007-04-12T14:54:33Z

on Thu Apr 12 2007, Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w-AT-public.gmane.org> wrote:

> There is a workaround:
>
> My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager -> [Whatever's
> under
> Computer, unless it's "Standard PC"] -> Properties -> Update Driver ->
> Not at this time -> Next -> Install
> from a list -> Next -> Don't search -> Next -> Standard PC -> Next.
>
> "Standard PC" is the noacpi HAL.

OK, tried that. The first reboot hung early in the process, with
Windows' bootup progress indicator doing nothing. I better start
backing up my VM!

A subsequent reboot went much faster. Wow, the virtual machine really
blazes now! Wish I'd known about that earlier, thanks!

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