[CentOS-docs] Ambiguity on a CentOS dot Org Web Page.

[Phil Schaffner]

Phil Schaffner wrote on 02/19/2010 05:29 PM:
> Phil Schaffner wrote on 02/19/2010 05:17 PM:
> ...Could run an i386 install too, but this is
>> probably good enough.
> 
> Just for grins - tried the i386 install with 1GB RAM on a 3GB disk and 
> got an error that it needed 1924MB and there was not enough space, so 
> looks like the i386 minimum is around 3.5-4GB.

OK - last self-reply, I promise.  :-)

Tried i386 with 5GB and it got further but errored out after the 
installation started with a message about needing 97MB on / so I 
conclude that i386 needs >5GB to install, and so x86_64 definitely needs 
 >5GB for a default install also, despite the installed system having a 
bit of headroom.  6GB seems like a good minimum number, with the caveat 
that it is not really enough for a workable system over time.