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!