* roland wrote [29.11.06 23:03]: > Hello ! Hi, > I often use grml on old machines and inside VMware virtual machines. > > works very well, but depending on the hardware, in the end of the boot > there is a long delay between "Happy hacking!..." and a shell being > opened. > it´s between 5-15 seconds delay, maybe i have seen even longer delays, but > didn`t stop. > this is somewhat annoying if you boot into grml several times a day. > > what is causing this delay? > can we speed this up somehow ? If you run vmware on linux there is is a problem with the cstate the processor is running.
Try to run ,---- | echo 1 > /sys/module/processor/parameters/max_cstate `---- You can reset this with ,---- | echo 8 > /sys/module/processor/parameters/max_cstate `---- > roland Probably this helps to speed up the vms, Uli -- WARNING: RAID-6 is currently highly experimental. If you use it, there is no guarantee whatsoever that it won't destroy your data, eat your disk drives, insult your mother, or re-appoint George W. Bush. /usr/src/linux/drivers/md/Kconfig - 2.6.8 _______________________________________________ Grml mailing list - [email protected] http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://grml.supersized.org/
