roland schrieb:

Hello !

I often use grml on old machines and inside VMware virtual machines.

works very well, but depending on the hardware, in the end of the boot there is a long delay between "Happy hacking!..." and a shell being opened.

boot with the "small" boot option so that it will initialize fewer consoles.

Michael

* roland wrote [29.11.06 23:03]:

Hello !

Hi,

I often use grml on old machines and inside VMware virtual machines.

works very well, but depending on the hardware, in the end of the boot there is a long delay between "Happy hacking!..." and a shell being opened.

it´s between 5-15 seconds delay, maybe i have seen even longer delays, but didn`t stop. this is somewhat annoying if you boot into grml several times a day.

what is causing this delay? can we speed this up somehow ?

If you run vmware on linux there is is a problem with the cstate the processor is running.

Try to run ,---- | echo 1 > /sys/module/processor/parameters/max_cstate `----

You can reset this with ,---- | echo 8 > /sys/module/processor/parameters/max_cstate `----

roland

Probably this helps to speed up the vms, Uli