Memory requirements

[Andre Robatino]

Richard W.M. Jones <rjones <at> redhat.com> writes:

> 768 MB!!!
> 
> When I want to stuff as many VMs onto a virtual machine as possible,
> RAM usage really matters.  Particularly since RAM is currently cheap
> up to about 8 GB but becomes much more expensive above that (ie. up to
> about 6 VMs with all the overhead).

You can install a virtual guest using extra RAM (assuming your host has it) and
then reduce it afterwards. AFAIK, the amount needed to run an already installed
system is no greater than before.