On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 09:30, Kenni Lund <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> 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 believe that the graphical anaconda relies on a swap partition for
less than 2GB of memory for the various parts to work properly.

> Best regards
> Kenni
>



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