| kozmund | I apologize if this isn't the correct venue for this question but I've been running into something odd with the ubuntu installer. Specifically, when I start a kvm/qemu vm with the 11.04 install media, until I get into the install proper, the VM just eats a core. | 04:18 |
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| kozmund | I understand that in the usual use for install media, it doesn't matter if the server is churning cycles as the idea is that nothing is going to be running on a server booted into the install media. | 04:21 |
| kozmund | My question is, is this a known issue with the ubuntu installer, is there some way to avoid it, or should I just put up with starting a grip of VMs attached to the iso will eat a core a piece? | 04:22 |
| CarlFK | is the "eating a core" any different than when a kernel boots on an installed system? | 04:52 |
| kozmund | CarlFK: It's different. By "eating a core" I mean that on a multicore system, it appears to peg a core. Which is to say that if the VM is running, in top it shows as using 100% of a CPU. A VM where the installation has gotten to a certain point (or an installed system) uses a "normal" ammount of CPU. | 07:12 |
| kozmund | I've just verified that several other distros install media have the same behavior, so I don't think it's ubuntu specific but rather a stock linux thing. I just hadn't run into it with other OSes install media. | 07:16 |
| kozmund | I will certainly stick in the channel if anyone has any insight, but now I know it's not ubuntu specific and shall also broaden my search. | 07:23 |
| glitchd | anyone know of a way of setting my password to a shortcut key sequence so i dont have to manually enter it? | 09:30 |
| CIA-16 | debian-installer: cjwatson * r1560 ubuntu/ (5 files in 2 dirs): Move to 3.2.0-1 kernels. | 12:18 |
| CIA-16 | debian-installer: cjwatson * r1561 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 20101020ubuntu76 | 12:24 |
| JanC | kozmund: isn't this just because during startup not only there is a constant startup of programs and services, but also meanwhile the kernel needs to decompress the compressed image? | 19:22 |
| JanC | or is it true even after startup settles a bit? | 19:23 |
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