retitle 622319 qemu: please change the default write mode to writeback severity 622319 wishlist tag 622319 + wontfix thanks
On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 03:56:25PM -0400, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:43:12 +0400 > Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> wrote: > > > 19.04.2011 06:22, Daniel Dickinson wrote: > > [] > > > XP is just god-awful slow, but admittedly it's been a while since > > > I've used windows, so maybe I'm just spoiled now. It's not CPU > > > because not even one core is fully utilized on the workstation, so > > > perhaps it's the file system layer that's the problem. > > > > > > I don't remember XP being this painful before, but admittedly I > > > don't use it often enough to really say. > > > > Sounds like qcow[2] with a default cache mode (writethrough). > > Try specifying different cache mode (none or writeback). > > Yes, that was the problem. Thank you. > > Any chance of changing the default cache mode for debian? > This change has been done upstream due to bug reports about data loss. I don't think we want to move those bug reports to Debian. By changing the default cache mode, users agree that they can loose data. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
