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Settings to make VM's on VMware Fusion hun halfway decent
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tweaks.vmx
# Put these in your VM VMX file
mainmem.backing = "swap" # Disable swap
MemTrimRate = "0" # Disable returning unused memory
sched.mem.pshare.enable = "FALSE" # Disable page sharing
prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = "TRUE" # Force memory to be pre-allocated on host
scsi0.virtualDev = "pvscsi" # Fasted disk i/o subsystem (requires driver off pvscsi.flp floppy disk image)
scsi0:0.virtualSSD = 1 # If running off an SSD
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
ulm.disableMitigations="TRUE" # Disable side-channel mitigations
ethernet0.virtualDev = "vmxnet3" # Use paravirtualized network adapter
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