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.