[CentOS] Centos 5 text install doesnt install all of GNOME
Robert Moskowitz
rgm at htt-consult.com
Fri May 4 11:44:46 UTC 2007
Johnny Hughes wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-03 at 20:48 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
>> Karanbir Singh wrote:
>>
>>> Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> The installer assumed that it could not run the GUI mode as it cam up
>>>> with 232Mb memory (24Mb used by video card).
>>>>
>>> This number itself is fairly open to argument. Is 256 megs of usable
>>> ram really a hard limit practically ? I think its the best compromise
>>> for the situation that we are in - and the anaconda+yum combo
>>> definitely needs working to try and optimise the amount of ram it uses
>>> at install time - dont think anyone is going to deny that.
>>>
>> I have already done one isntall on a Compaq SFF that has 256Mb memory.
>> It went well, I did not feel I had any challenges with the install. As
>> compared to the Compaq SFF with 512Mb.
>>
>> It would be nice if we could at least have an override to 'try it
>> anyway'. I mean what could go wrong with only 232Mb??? ;)
>>
>>
>
> The installer can freeze in the middle of installing ... I have even
> seen it happen on > 256mb of RAM, and I think that 384mb should be the
> anaconda GUI lower limit, not 256mb for stable installs.
>
Well actually, I did get a freeze, in the text install, the first try.
At about 51% installed, it locked. Wouldn't respond to a ping. But I
looked at the DHCP server, and it did not show that address being
assigned anymore, so I strongly suspect that something was wrong with
lease allocations and the notebook 'lost' its IP address so of course it
could not ftp anymore.
> We will stick with what RH puts out, but believe me, you do not want to
> try to do a GUI install with < 256 mb RAM.
Well it would be nice to see some more work on the text install! LVM
functions and the ability to deselect portions of a group.
But I suspect that there are more important things that need attention.
Keep up the great work!
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