On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 09:30, 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. > > 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 > -- Stephen J Smoogen. "The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance." Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. "Let us be kind, one to another, for most of us are fighting a hard battle." -- Ian MacLaren
