> Newer virt-manager versions also allow setting this in the UI. I just set IDE Disk1 "cashe mode" none before install. No relief
Boris. --- On Fri, 1/14/11, Cole Robinson <crobi...@redhat.com> wrote: From: Cole Robinson <crobi...@redhat.com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhav...@yahoo.com> Cc: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjo...@redhat.com>, v...@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmfor...@linuxtx.org>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:16 PM On 01/14/2011 01:09 PM, Boris Derzhavets wrote: >> Boris can you help me to parse this ... > >> SL6 = Scientific Linux 6? > > Yes, I work with SL6 alpha 4 > >> And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14? > > Installation itself . Packages deployment phase is much faster on SL 6 ( > alpha 4), > even if I don't pre-load viostor.sys ( option working only on SL 6 ) > Probably cache related. In RHEL6 we default to cache=none, not so in Fedora. Use 'virsh edit' to stick <driver name='qemu' cache='none'/> in your <disk> block, and restart the guest. Newer virt-manager versions also allow setting this in the UI. - Cole >> Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest? > > Yes. > > > Please, view for details :- > > http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2011/01/08/set-up-rh-virtio-scsi-driver-on-windows-xp-kvm-at-kvm-qemu-instance-on-f14/ > > XML profiles for F14 and SL6 will be sent to you a bit latter. I cannot > reboot box right > now. > > Boris. > > > --- On Fri, 1/14/11, Richard W.M. Jones <rjo...@redhat.com> wrote: > > From: Richard W.M. Jones <rjo...@redhat.com> > Subject: Re: [fedora-virt] Fedora Virt status > To: "Boris Derzhavets" <bderzhav...@yahoo.com> > Cc: v...@lists.fedoraproject.org, "Justin M. Forbes" <jmfor...@linuxtx.org>, > qemu-devel@nongnu.org > Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 12:40 PM > > On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 08:27:17AM -0800, Boris Derzhavets wrote: >> Windows 7 KVM install runs unbelievably fast on SL 6 ( alpha 3) vs F14 with >> the >> most recent libvirt stuff : > > Boris can you help me to parse this ... > > SL6 = Scientific Linux 6? > > And you're saying that Windows 7 is much faster on SL6 than on Fedora 14? > >> P.S. It happens no matter of pre-install loading Virtio SCSI driver, >> which is also possible only on SL6 via virtio-win.1.1.16.noarch.rpm. > > Not sure what 'Virtio SCSI' is. > > Are virtio-blk and virtio-net drivers installed in the Windows guest? > > What does the libvirt XML for this guest look like (from both SL6 and > Fedora 14)? > > Rich. >
