chanms wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I have been struggling with having the clock of Linux VM's (including > CentOS 4.6 and 5.1) running very fast under VMWare, no matter what I > have tried. > > My platform: > - AMD Turion X2 TL-60 > - AMD 690 chipset with integrated Radeon x1250 (probably doesn't > concern in this case) > - Windows Vista Ultimate x64, all Windows Update patches > loaded (no SP1 yet) > - 4GB RAM > - VMWare Workstation 6.0.2 > - BIOS has no options to disable power management, etc. > > On my host PC > - C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Workstation\Config.ini, put in > host.cpukHz = "2000000", host.noTSC = "TRUE", ptsc.noTSC = "TRUE" > - AMD's dual core optimizer loaded > > On CentOS 5.1 VM > - use kernel options "noapic nolapic nosmp clocksource=acpi_pm" > - use "divider=10" option in the regular kernel > - try the vm version of the kernel in centos-plus with the same kernel > options in first line > > No matter what I try, the CentOS clocks are still fast - at a rate of > almost 2 seconds for every 1 real second. > > What other things I can do in order to fix this? Did you try the 100Hz kernels in testing? -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.