[Discuss] VirtualBox question

[John Blomfield]

Thanks for the feedback on this question. I have now decided not to 
bother with Linux guests for testing on VBox anymore; they seem to have 
too many problems. I think part of the problem is that VBox versions do 
not keep up with the new Linux versions because if you install older 
versions of the same distro they work much better. This defeats the 
object of the exercise as far as I am concern, which is to test new 
Linux distros. It's not so convenient as VBox but running live iso's or 
installing on a spare partition does provide a reliable view of a new 
Linux version.

John


On 08/16/2014 07:03 AM, John Blomfield wrote:
> On 08/15/2014 11:18 PM, Cy Schubert wrote:
>> In message <53EE813F.2000708 at shaw.ca>, John Blomfield writes:
>>> I use VirtualBox for running the odd Windows program I need and also 
>>> for
>>> testing any Linux distro that I want to try and I have found that the
>>> Linux distros run very very slowly compared to Windows Vista. My host
>>> distro is OpenSuse 13.1 and my computer has 8 GB of Ram, which I share
>>> 4GB to OpenSuse and 4GB to any virtual machine I am running. Does 
>>> anyone
>>> have any answers why Linux distros should run slowly on VirtualBox?
>> Make sure your kernel modules are loaded properly.
>>
>> What kind of hardware are you using? Does it support VT-x (Intel) or 
>> AMD-V
>> (AMD also calls this SVM). Also enable nested paging if your hardware
>> supports it. If your hardware doesn't support these features VBox will
>> emulate in software which is ten times slower than in hardware.
>>
>>
>
>
> Yes my hardware has AMD-V and nested paging.
>


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