[CentOS] Minimum RAM for CentOS7

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On 09/07/14 16:06, Oliver Schad wrote:
> Ok, final result: deleting the initramfs files results in a clean 
> installation. So we waste ~300 MB RAM during installation with a
> file nobody needs. Great.
> 
> Best Regards Oli
> 
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2014 21:45:40 +0200 Oliver Schad
> <centos at automatic-server.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 7 Sep 2014 21:19:01 +0200 Oliver Schad
>> <centos at automatic-server.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> tmpfs: /run/, 311 MB used
>> 
>> That is really funny: inside of this ramdisk is a tmp dir, with
>> 279 MB inside, where the biggest part is the squashfs image and
>> some files which are generated after start of installation.
>> 
>> ├── curl_fetch_url0 ├── curl_fetch_url1 │   └── squashfs.img ├──
>> curl_fetch_url2 ├── curl_fetch_url3 ├── dhclient.eth0.dhcpopts 
>> ├── dhclient.eth0.lease ├── dhclient.eth0.pid ├── F3ilzP-ks.cfg 
>> ├── ifcfg │   └── ifcfg-eth0 ├── ifcfg-leases │   └──
>> dhclient-fb2320f7-4d9f-417f-ad33-33105024ca08-eth0.lease ├──
>> ks.cfg ├── ks.cfg.done ├── ks.info ├──
>> net.52:54:00:7b:80:c7.did-setup ├── net.eth0.dhcpopts ├──
>> net.eth0.did-setup ├── net.eth0.gw ├── net.eth0.hostname ├──
>> net.eth0.hwaddr ├── net.eth0.lease ├── net.eth0.manualup ├──
>> net.eth0.pid ├── net.eth0.resolv.conf ├── net.eth0.up ├──
>> net.ifaces └── net.lo.manualup
>> 
>> That means that the squashfs is packed inside a initramfs during 
>> installation? I don't get the idea because we *have* a running
>> system with a initramfs, that is the primer for the whole boot.
>> 
>> Best Regards Oli
> 
> 

Sounds like you've figured out exactly what to write in your bug
report to the upstream.

On another slant, why don't you consider increasing the RAM to 1G,
making the install, then cloning the disk on the other 9.999 machines?



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