Re: Windows NT4 on KVM+QEMU extremely slow...

Vinícius Ferrão <[email protected]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:35:03 +0000
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Hello dudes,

Thanks for the replies.

But I've read somewhere that -no-kvm should be enabled in order to run =
NT4 Properly.

Anyway, I removed the flag and nothing really happened. It's still slow. =
It's usable, but slow. VMWare was much faster.

And about the RAM issue. It's Windows NT4. I don't think more is =
necessary. The machine boots consuming only 30MB. And about the slowness =
of the system is during CPU intensive operations.

Anything else to try dudes?

Thanks,

Vin=EDcius Ferr=E3o: Administrador de Sistemas=20
www.ferrao.eti.br | +55 (21) 8888-2619

On Apr 17, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen =
<[email protected]>
 wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 07:34:00PM +0000, Vin=EDcius Ferr=E3o wrote:
>> Hello dudes,
>>=20
>> I'm running Windows NT 4 Terminal Server on QEMU and the performance =
is too slow; I don't even know how to debug it and I even don't if this =
is normal or not.
>>=20
>> On VMWare Player the performance was much better. And this isn't a =
migration. I've reinstalled the NT4 from the ground.
>>=20
>> Anyway; i'm launching the VM with this arguments:
>> kvm -m 128m -name WinNT4TS -drive file=3Dwinnt4ts.raw -cdrom Windows\ =
NT\ 4\ Terminal\ Server\ Image/WINNT-TSE40.iso -net =
nic,model=3Dne2k_pci,macaddr=3D00:0c:29:74:fa:b4 -net tap -vga std -cpu =
pentium,level=3D1 -smp 1 -no-acpi -no-hpet -no-kvm -boot c -vnc none =
-daemonize
>=20
> Hi,
>=20
> iirc the commandline switch --no-kvm disables kvm (so it'S just =
software
> emulated qemu). You disable hardware virtualization accerleration with
> it.
>=20
> Other than that: more than 128 MB ram will most likely also help to
> speed things up.
>=20
> WKR
> Hinnerk


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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello =
dudes,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the =
replies.</div><div><br></div><div>But I've read somewhere that -no-kvm =
should be enabled in order to run NT4 =
Properly.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, I removed the flag and =
nothing really happened. It's still slow. It's usable, but slow. VMWare =
was much faster.</div><div><br></div><div>And about the RAM issue. It's =
Windows NT4. I don't think more is necessary. The machine boots =
consuming only 30MB. And about the slowness of the system is during CPU =
intensive operations.</div><div><br></div><div>Anything else to try =
dudes?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Apr 17, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Hinnerk van Bruinehsen &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a=
>&gt;</div><div>&nbsp;wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Wed, =
Apr 17, 2013 at 07:34:00PM +0000, Vin=EDcius Ferr=E3o =
wrote:<br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Hello dudes,<br><br>I'm running =
Windows NT 4 Terminal Server on QEMU and the performance is too slow; I =
don't even know how to debug it and I even don't if this is normal or =
not.<br><br>On VMWare Player the performance was much better. And this =
isn't a migration. I've reinstalled the NT4 from the =
ground.<br><br>Anyway; i'm launching the VM with this arguments:<br>kvm =
-m 128m -name WinNT4TS -drive file=3Dwinnt4ts.raw -cdrom Windows\ NT\ 4\ =
Terminal\ Server\ Image/WINNT-TSE40.iso -net =
nic,model=3Dne2k_pci,macaddr=3D00:0c:29:74:fa:b4 -net tap -vga std -cpu =
pentium,level=3D1 -smp 1 -no-acpi -no-hpet -no-kvm -boot c -vnc none =
-daemonize<br></blockquote><br>Hi,<br><br>iirc the commandline switch =
--no-kvm disables kvm (so it'S just software<br>emulated qemu). You =
disable hardware virtualization accerleration with<br>it.<br><br>Other =
than that: more than 128 MB ram will most likely also help to<br>speed =
things =
up.<br><br>WKR<br>Hinnerk<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>=

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