I experience a similar situation in VMWare Server. The processor actually shoots up to 100% if the VM client is running the BIOS setup or have the BIOS present a Boot Menu.
--- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Gideon N. Guillen <[email protected]> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group \(PLUG\) Technical Discussion List > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 12:27:22 > Subject: Re: [plug] Mac + Linux > > From: Miguel Paraz > Date: 05/14/2009 13:50 > > > I do find that VirtualBox uses some CPU% when the guest Linux is idle. > > Looks like a Virtualbox specific issue. I'm running a Windows7 guest on a > Jaunty > host. Windows7 reports that it is almost idle, however according to top > Virtualbox is using more than 50% CPU. I Don't remember this type of behavior > when I used to run Windows XP and 2K on Qemu and VMWare. But maybe the issue > here is that I'm using Windows7 RC. I'll try to run Windows7 RC later on > other > VMs if it still behaves that way. > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
