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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 2003 10:51:12 +0100
From:      "=?iso-8859-1?Q?yvon.quere@laposte.net?=" <yvon.quere@laposte.net>
To:        "=?iso-8859-1?Q?freebsd-questions?=" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   =?iso-8859-1?Q?5.0-RELEASE_under_VMWare_3_:_slowdown_and_even_hangup?=
Message-ID:  <HA8RDC$5483FA66F3E31017A0577C558697EF03@laposte.net>

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Hi there people=0D=0A=0D=0AAnd thanks for taking the time to read the flo=
w of incoming =0D=0Aquestions on this list ;-)=0D=0A=0D=0AMy question is =
a followup of the thread started by Michael =0D=0ARitchie a couple weeks =
ago =0D=0Ahttp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?=0D=0Afetch=3D2417405+241=
9960+/usr/local/www/db/text/2003/freebsd-=0D=0Aquestions/20030126.freebsd=
-questions=0D=0A=0D=0AI'm kinda in the same situation : XP Pro, WMWare 3.=
2, several =0D=0Avirtual machines running fine (linux,w2k), but the freeb=
sd 5-=0D=0ARELEASE is quite a pain to use in this env.=0D=0A=0D=0AThe gue=
st OS keeps on slowing down, to the point that it's =0D=0Aunusable.=0D=0A=
I'd say that after 30 minutes, it starts slowing down a lot. =0D=0AThe in=
stallation process is quite risky in this matter. =0D=0A=0D=0AI launched =
a kernel compilation 15 hours ago. The system was =0D=0Aalready slow and =
... the compilation is not over !!=0D=0A=0D=0AI see no process named "idl=
e" (see the previous thread), but, =0D=0Ahaving launched a "top" in anoth=
er terminal, here's what I =0D=0Asee :=0D=0A=0D=0A0% user, 0% nice, 8.3% =
system, 91.7% interrupt !!!=0D=0A=0D=0ANow I can't do anything on this vi=
rtual machine. Not a ctrl-C, =0D=0Anot even changing console.=0D=0A=0D=0A=
=0D=0AKris Kenna talked about a kernel option for fix this. The =0D=0Apro=
blem would be related to a specific opcode emulation done =0D=0Aby VMWare=
.=0D=0A=0D=0AAny help would be greatly appreciated, I just can't use 5.0 =
=0D=0Aright now in this environnement.=0D=0A=0D=0AThanks everyone=0D=0A=0D=
=0AYvon=0D=0A=0A=0AAcc=E9dez au courrier =E9lectronique de La Poste : www=
.laposte.net ; =0A3615 LAPOSTENET (0,13 =80/mn) ; t=E9l : 08 92 68 13 50 =
(0,34=80/mn)"=0A=0A


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