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[Boot] Floppy read speed very slow? #234

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opened 2025-05-10 17:17:23 +00:00 by echidna · 2 comments
echidna commented 2025-05-10 17:17:23 +00:00
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I am a hop on hop off user of KolibriOS for years and i want to thank everyone who is involved into this project and put tremendous hours of work into this!

I recently came back to KolibriOS and noticed that booting from floppy is very very slow. I first noticed it on my old Libretto 50CT and now i observe the same behaviour within VMware Workstation Pro 17.6. Booting KolibriOS when bootet via the floppy image takes more than 6 Minutes. CD (VMware) or Win98 HDD (Libretto) is obviously fine.

Is there anything that has changed? I remember booting KolibriOS from real floppy "back in the days" in a few seconds.

I am a hop on hop off user of KolibriOS for years and i want to thank everyone who is involved into this project and put tremendous hours of work into this! I recently came back to KolibriOS and noticed that booting from floppy is very very slow. I first noticed it on my old Libretto 50CT and now i observe the same behaviour within VMware Workstation Pro 17.6. Booting KolibriOS when bootet via the floppy image takes more than 6 Minutes. CD (VMware) or Win98 HDD (Libretto) is obviously fine. Is there anything that has changed? I remember booting KolibriOS from real floppy "back in the days" in a few seconds.
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hidnplayr commented 2026-07-24 09:18:08 +00:00
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Nobody still using floppies to verify this?

@echidna: if you have the time, please try the (very old) 0.7.7.0 release version instead of nightbuild

Nobody still using floppies to verify this? @echidna: if you have the time, please try the (very old) 0.7.7.0 release version instead of nightbuild
echidna commented 2026-07-24 09:28:47 +00:00
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I quickly tested both the latest nightly and the old 0.7.7.0 release from 2009 in VMware and both take more than 6 minutes. So my guess is that its not KolibriOS that has changed but VMware. I still need to verify this on my Libretto.

I quickly tested both the latest nightly and the old 0.7.7.0 release from 2009 in VMware and both take more than 6 minutes. So my guess is that its not KolibriOS that has changed but VMware. I still need to verify this on my Libretto.
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Reference: KolibriOS/kolibrios#234