On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Les Fairall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: "Kenni Lund" <[log in to unmask]>>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:30:56 AM
> Subject: Unable to install SL6.1 with only 1GB of RAM?
>>
>> Is it expected behaviour that SL6.1 requires more than 1GB of RAM to
>> install when using anaconda for the install? I've just had the
>> installer crash on me twice due to low memory, when I had 1024MB
>> dedicated to the VM. I didn't create any swap partition when I did the
>> partition layout within the installer, so if Anaconda expects to use
>> such swap partition for the install, that could explain the issue.
>>
>> I'm just curious, I've just checked the upstream system requirements
>> and 1GB seems to be the official memory requirement for EL6.
>
> I have seen this occur with RHEL as well. This was for something as simple
> as building a server with a custom kickstart and no GUI involved in the
> build. The workaround we did was to crank memory up to 2gb, build the VM,
> then set its memory back down to 1gb after system was built. Runs fine that
> way. Just the ks/anaconda wasn't happy with 1gb of mem.

The RHEL6 minimum is 512MB and the recommended is 1GB. I've just built
an SL6 VirtualBox VM on my laptop with just one ~8GB partition, no
swap partition, and 768MB of RAM without a hitch.

Could the type of install make a difference? Mine was a kickstart @Base install.