On 17 February 2011 04:00, David W. Hodgins <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:42:21 -0500, Thomas Backlund <[email protected]> wrote: > >> at the initial splash screen (where it states "boot from harddisk, >> install mageia, ...) press esc and accept to go to text screen. >> Then type: alt1 and press enter. > > I tried that, but it caused VirtualBox 4 to crash. > > I finally got around mkinitrd failing by booting from a knoppix image, > which uses HZ_300, and used chroot to get into the partially installed > magiea. I then ran the mkinitrd, after which I rebooted the mageia > install, and used the upgrade option to finish the install. > > I've installed the kernel source, and am now compiling a custom kernel > using HZ_100. I expect that'll take at least 12 hours, on this system. > > I'll report back what kind of difference it makes, once I can compare > the performance with the HZ 100 and HZ 1000. > > Regards, Dave Hodgins >
Bugzilla is now open, so please report the issue there (so that it doesn't get lost in this ML). -- Ahmad Samir
