On 11/16/2010 10:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Will (does) Centos 6 require 512Mb of memory for the GUI install like > FC14 or the lower requirement of FC13? > > My ASUS EE 700 has ~490Mb of memory (vidoe steals some from the 512Mb > base) and FC14 switches to text install and does not install any GUI, > leaving the boot in test mode. > > I recall a message earlier that 6 is based off of 14, but not the final > Anaconda, thus my question. > > It would be NICE if the install can work with at least 384Mb of memory, > as this is the recommended minimum for FC14 so I would think it is the > miniumum for RHEL/Centos 6. > > I am seeing FC leave more older hardware behind and with its short > cycles and 'currentness' of apps for RHEL 6, I am looking at moving some > of my desktops back from FC to Centos. FC13 may be the last FC for some > of them... RHEL 6 uses the 2.6.32 kernel (a-la F12), so I should expect it's minimum requirements to be similar to F12. I've not tried such a paired down install though, so I can't say for sure. Perhaps you could craft a thinned-down kickstart installer that includes Gnome/KDE? Then, if you don't have enough memory, you can start parring down packages post-install until you can fire up the GUI? -- Digimer E-Mail: digimer at alteeve.com AN!Whitepapers: http://alteeve.com Node Assassin: http://nodeassassin.org