On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM Stephen P. Molnar <s.mol...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I have just installed installed Quickemu v-6.1.4. > > quickget windows 11 ran as it should without any errors or warnings. > However: > (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$ quickemu --vm windows-10.conf > ~/VM ~/VM > Quickemu 4.9.4 using /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 v7.2.9 > - Host: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) running Linux 6.1 > (Abanormal) > - CPU: AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor > - CPU VM: 1 Socket(s), 2 Core(s), 2 Thread(s), 4G RAM > ERROR! You have insufficient RAM to run windows in a VM > (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$ > > I am somewhat confused as: > > (base) comp@Abanormal:~$ free -ght > total used free shared > buff/cache available > Mem: 7.7Gi 2.3Gi 225Mi 34Mi > 5.4Gi 5.3Gi > Swap: 975Mi 50Mi 925Mi > Total: 8.6Gi 2.4Gi 1.1Gi > All your RAM is being used as buffer/cache. Run the following command to free up ram: sudo sync && sh -c "/usr/bin/echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches" > The strange thing is that I have installed Windows 10 using QEMU/KVM > virt-manager without any RAM problems at all. > > Some guidance would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. > https://insilicochemistry.net > (614)312-7528 <http://voice.google.com/calls?a=nc,%2B16143127528>(c) > Skype: smolnar1 > > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
