On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Kenni Lund <[email protected]> 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.
Perhaps not, but our favorite upstream vendor's default setups do create a swap partition, by default. While RAM is not the same thing as swap and I'm having good success now with VM's that have 1 Gig of RAM, I use some swap space. ignoring thoste standards is something you do at your own peril, both for installation and for operations.
