More info please:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:53 AM, <a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Sometime ago I got to virtualize this bare-metal WinXP laptop under *Ubuntu and I was happy.<br>

Later on, the performance proved to be unbearable (processor pegged at 100% load 100% of the time) and I was unhappy. <br>
Life went on.<br>
Bug went itching...<br>
Geek sprung into action and:<br>
I vdi(ed) the laptop&#39;s HD and fired up a run-of-mill VM and...<br>
surprise, surprise... <br>
VirtualBox running in this AMD-64 processor (not sure what, research still not in full swing) runs my Virtual XP juuuuust fiiiine... <br>
Same VM running on the Intel &quot;Core Duo&quot; of the laptop, SUUUUCKS! 100%... :( <br>
4GB RAM both machines, *Ubuntu 10.04.<br>
Does this make any sense?<br>
ET<br></blockquote><div><br>Many items can cause a serious load spike, from a firmware issue, to many of the nic drivers, scsi drivers (as opposed to hda) so a full and complete inventory of all pieces of the puzzle are required.<br>
<br>What is machine 1:  (include boot dmesg and lsof)<br><br><br>What is machine 2: (include boot dmesg and lsof) <br></div></div><br><br clear="all">What version of VirtualBox are you using?<br><br>Assuming this is XP/Service pack 2, fully patched?<br>
<br>And of course, all communications are most successful if directed to the right source:<br><br><a href="http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=5511">http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=5511</a><br><br><br>
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