I install many Xen domU systems with 256MB running CentOS 5.x. If you use text base installer, you should have no issues. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Michael Simpson <mikie.simpson at gmail.com> wrote: > On 1/22/09, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos at br-online.de> wrote: >> Warren Young wrote: >> > James A. Peltier wrote: >> > > >> > > CentOS 5 requires 512MB for installation >> > >> > I had an EL5 install attempt fail on a VM with 512 MB of RAM. Big ugly >> > anaconda Python stack dump type error. Upped the RAM for the VM, and it >> > installed. >> >> You need a combined(!) 768MB of RAM and Swap to successfully install >> CentOS 5.2 (see the release notes). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Ralph > > I have CentOS5 on a dell d400 latitude with 700MHz p3 and 256MB RAM.I > installed using graphical installer and http for packages. > Anaconda switches on swap real early but it all works. > Switching out the hd for an ssd was a huge boost in performance and > battery time. > > mike > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >