Stephen Smoogen wrote:
I think that 64MB was the minimum for 9. That is doing only a text INSTALL. Upgrades and X take significantly more memory. For Severn, I dont have an idea.. my last low memory box got fried a couple of months ago :(.
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:
Is 64mB the minimum RAM required for installation these days?
If you need to install RHL on a machine with less memory, try out the RULE installers at http://www.rule-project.org/. Miniconda, based on Red Hat's Anaconda installer, needs 12 MB, while the shellscript-based Slinky works nice on 8 MB. Both install only a base system, because calculating the correct installation order of the RPM packages is one of the most RAM-hungry steps of the installation. You can then go and install the missing pieces afterwards.
If RULE doesn't fit your needs, you can put your harddrive into a computer with sufficient RAM, install it there and put it back. Red Hat's hardware detection software Kudzu should handle this well - it does for me.
Or try to get th missing RAM for a few hours just for the install.
Best regards, Martin Stricker