On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Bill Freeman wrote: > The RedHat 7.1 installer says that my old box at home (16Mb) "doesn't have > enough System memory to install RedHat Linux" ...
Red Hat is no longer targeting systems that "small", which makes Red Hat Linux a sub-optimal choice for it. > So, other than buying more RAM (if the box will take it) or reading > through the anaconda sources, does anyone have an easy way around this? Have you tried the "text mode" installer? That might use less memory. > Or possibly this is because the install kernel needs to run without swap > space? I am fairly sure that is part of why that requirement exists. But it is mainly just a case of Red Rat targeting the latest-and-greatest, not the machines from seven years ago. One size does not fit all. > Since I only want to do an upgrade, my existing swap partitions are > actually available, if there's a way to tell the installer to use it. You might try switching VC's to a shell prompt, and manually mounting your swap space. The installer may be looking at physical RAM, though. > Alternatively, does anyone know whether an upgrade is anything more than > updating a set of packages? There is intelligence in the installer to handle things like obsolete packages, totally new packages, subsystem changes, and the like. > If that's all, is there a specific subset to do first, because of > interdependencies, such that the rest could be rpm'ed afterwards in dribbs > and drabs? Upgrade RPM first. Then the kernel and C libraries. Then do an "rpm --freshen" to update packages you already have installed. Then install new packages as you need. You will have to make manual adjustments. How many, I cannot say. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
