On 9/29/07, Alexey Eremenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/29/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, > > > > It works happyly with four winxp guest os on linux feisty, AMD 4400+ > > dual core, 2G RAM. Each of the guest os,with 64M RAM, consumes 1 to 5% cpu > > when it's idle. But when the fifth guest starting up, near 100% cpu load. > > Each guest consumes 20-30% cpu. > > > > I try the senarios: with ioapi on or off, with VT on of off, the result > > is still the same. > > > > Is there any limitation for opensource version of VBOX? > > No. I think it's technical problem. Please open a bug report. > Additionally assign a bit more RAM to XP guests. >
Another idea: disable SMP on host. (this can be done on both Windows and Linux hosts with kernel boot parameter), or at least assign all your VMs to one CPU core via Task Manager. VirtualBox may have issues with Host SMP. -- -Alexey Eremenko "Technologov" _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
