-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Bobby Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 3:11 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS in low RAM settings On Wednesday, September 15, 2010 09:00:35 am Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello listmates, > > I have been playing with Xen VM's and was wondering what the minimum > RAM size in which you could run CentOS 5.5 (i386). So far I managed to > install in 256 MB or 512 MB and then shrink the VM's RAM to 128 MB and > still run the installation. Would anyone know why the install in a 128 > MB VM fails (even in text mode)? > > Thanks. > > Boris. Eh, not enough RAM. :) -- Sometimes one can add swap during the installation. But swap is slow and thus making the installation takes twice (or worse) longer. Better is what you did, install with lots of mem, are reducing it afterwards. ______________________________________________________________________ Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages.