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From: "J.V." <jvsrvcs@gmail.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: cygwin very slow under virtual box (productivity hit)
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:28:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EB47513.2050105@gmail.com> (raw)

I have Windows XP Pro x32 in a VM with the latest version of cygwin 
installed.

When I open a cygwin bash shell, and type '$ls' it just sits there forever.

Any other command I type is freakishly slow.  How do I get this to run 
faster under a vm environment.

I am not sure why it is taking so long to do a simple ls or mkdir or any 
other command.

Even if I $vi a file it takes a while seriously cutting into the 
productivity gains that cygwin on the host environment provides.

Is there a commercial version of cygwin or the likes that I can lay down 
cash for to go fast under a VM environment?
I need to get this going or dump it all together for something else, 
work has slowed to a halt.

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             reply	other threads:[~2011-11-04 23:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-04 23:28 J.V. [this message]
2011-11-05  0:01 ` David Rothenberger
2011-11-05  0:03   ` David Rothenberger
2011-11-07 23:12 ` FAQ 4.2 Why is Cygwin suddenly so slow? (was Re: cygwin very slow under virtual box (productivity hit)) Cyrille Lefevre
2011-11-08  9:33   ` Corinna Vinschen
2011-11-08 12:32     ` szgyg

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