On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Les Fairall <[email protected]> wrote: > From: "Kenni Lund" <[email protected]>> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:30:56 AM > Subject: Unable to install SL6.1 with only 1GB of RAM? >> >> 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 have seen this occur with RHEL as well. This was for something as simple > as building a server with a custom kickstart and no GUI involved in the > build. The workaround we did was to crank memory up to 2gb, build the VM, > then set its memory back down to 1gb after system was built. Runs fine that > way. Just the ks/anaconda wasn't happy with 1gb of mem.
The RHEL6 minimum is 512MB and the recommended is 1GB. I've just built an SL6 VirtualBox VM on my laptop with just one ~8GB partition, no swap partition, and 768MB of RAM without a hitch. Could the type of install make a difference? Mine was a kickstart @Base install.
