[CentOS] installing 5.3 with 512M ram really slow

Tue Sep 22 17:31:08 UTC 2009
nate <centos at linuxpowered.net>

Jerry Geis wrote:

> Does 5.3 have minimum installation RAM requirements? I had not noticed.
> Does the same apply for running?
> 5.2 did not seem to have any issues running in 512M that I recall.

5.2 is quite slow on low memory during installation as well, I run
many VMs with 64 or 96MB of memory, but I always jack it up to 1GB
for the install, then lower it afterward.

nate