Not certain, but I think it requires 512mb and a gig is recommended.
On Nov 17, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
I knew this might be a problem with leopard; the memory on my second
mac mini is only 256 mb. Since we mostly use it for Rachel's music,
I've never had it upgraded. I knew this might be a problem with
Leopard but didn't think it would be a problem with the installer.
When I boot the dvd either by doing "restart" in the install
application window or by holding down C while turning on the computer,
it spins and makes noise for quite a while. When it finally stops
completely, I can load voiceover and press the initial button that
takes you to the language chooser table. But after that, no matter how
long I let it go, it just spins and whirs and makes noise and never
gets any further. I know it's not a problem with the dvd because it
works on my other machine; I know it's not a hardware problem because
I can run the Tiger installer fine on that computer. So I'm assuming
it must be too little ram. Of course, I could probably still install
Leopard by putting the machine in target disk mode and running the
installer from the other mac mini, but if I'm having problems with
running the Leopard installer at 256 mb, I'd probably have problems
actually running leopard if I did succeed in installing it. As I said
before, I knew the amount of ram could be an issue with the actual
running of Leopard but I didn't realize I'd have trouble with just the
installer. It was a very interesting experience. Thought I'd post it
in case anybody else had the same problem. I think that mac mini is
going to keep running Tiger unless I want to put the money into more
ram; I think it would be wiser to save for an Intel mac mini or Imac
instead.
--
Cheryl
"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
