[olug] vbox pxe performance

Chad Homan choman at gmail.com
Tue Jul 18 18:01:54 CDT 2017


I am not, but that doesn't explain the windows box.  and I forgot to
mention I think their "production" system is an ubuntu host running a
centos vm... no issues...

I hate these needles

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--
Chad

Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
Windows."
Now they have two problems.

Some people claim if you play a Windows Install Disc backwards you'll hear
satanic Messages.
That's nothing, if you play it forward it installs Windows

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Jay Bendon <jaybocc2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Mac is most likely running off an SSD, are the windows machines too?
> What about you?
>
> --Jay
>
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Chad Homan <choman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > yes
> >
> > Together We Win!   Looking for cloud storage, try pCloud
> > <https://my.pcloud.com/#page=register&invite=O7KbZIt0T67> (10g free
> > <https://my.pcloud.com/#page=register&invite=O7KbZIt0T67>)
> > --
> > Chad
> >
> > Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
> > Windows."
> > Now they have two problems.
> >
> > Some people claim if you play a Windows Install Disc backwards you'll
> hear
> > satanic Messages.
> > That's nothing, if you play it forward it installs Windows
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 5:03 PM, Rob Townley <rob.townley at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Does vbox mean VirtualBox?
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 4:22 PM Chad Homan <choman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > All
> > > >
> > > > I need some extra eyes on this
> > > >
> > > > setup
> > > > a. ubuntu 17.04 (host) vbox running custom centos 7.2 PXE server
> > > > b. client pxe install centos and then pxe installs centos in a  kvm
> > image
> > > >
> > > > The later piece takes ~ 1.5h
> > > >
> > > > Other devs running doing the same the latter piece takes ~ 30m
> > > > only difference (so far) is they are either running mac or windows
> > > > as the host in part a.
> > > >
> > > > Minor deltas, I'm running a newer vbox (5.1.24 as of today)
> > > > I believe everyone else is at 5.1.10 - 5.1.20
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > > --
> > > > Chad
> > > >
> > > > Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use
> > > > Windows."
> > > > Now they have two problems.
> > > >
> > > > Some people claim if you play a Windows Install Disc backwards you'll
> > > hear
> > > > satanic Messages.
> > > > That's nothing, if you play it forward it installs Windows
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