Vista - Vista guest on Hyper-V

I am trying to do the initial install of Vista x86 Business on my Hyper-V
system and it is unbearably slow. I haven't gotten to the point of
installing the Guest Additions because it has taken me two days to get the
OS installed. I don't have this problem installing Windows server or
Windows XP. I have allocated 2 CPUs and 3GB of RAM.

Is there anything I can do to speed this up?

Blake

How much RAM does your host have? If it's less than 5G, you have too
much RAM allocated. 2 CPU's probably don't help due to the nature of
installs. More isn't always better inside VM's.

Installing from an ISO rather than a physical DVD can make quite a bit
of difference.

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Bob Comer


On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:57:46 -0500, "Blake" <blake.duffey@xxxxxx>
wrote:

I have 32 GB of ram on the host, I should have nearly 10 free (I have other
VMs running)

And I am installing via an ISO. I have little problems getting windows
server 2008 installed as a host, but Vista is unbearably slow.



"Robert Comer" <bobcomer-removeme-@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have 32 GB of ram on the host, I should have nearly 10 free (I have otherCool, that shouldn't be a problem then. (I wish I had that much free
RAM! <g>)
Try backing the RAM for the VM down to 768M or 1G and 1 CPU to see if
that makes any difference at all. It might not though if you have a
lot of VM's going. I've noticed that installs usually do work better
when virtual HW is kind of minimal, you can always increase the RAM
and CPU's after install. Don't activate until you have your final HW
setup.

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Bob Comer


On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:42:18 -0500, "Blake" <blake.duffey@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks

I'll try that

Blake

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