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Subject: Re: speed of qemu vms
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:22:29 -0700
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Hello!

Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> skribis:

> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 21:30:06 +0200
> Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>=20
>> for testing I used to build VM using "guix system vm =E2=80=A6" and the =
machines
>> are, well, reacting slowly:
>>=20
>> Plasma start up: 80 sec.
>>=20
>> Menu: 36 sec

[...]

> I'm guessing that the issue with the first variant is the same that I
> was coming up against here [1].
>
> 1: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-08/msg00064.html

It could be that, but given the figures you give, are you sure KVM is
enabled on your system, Hartmut?  Does /dev/kvm exist?

Ludo=E2=80=99.