On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Clint Byrum <[email protected]> wrote: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements > > This states the following requirements for running Ubuntu Server: > > * 300 MHz x86 processor > * 128MB of system memory (RAM) > * 1GB of disk space > * Graphics card and monitor capable of 640x480 > * CD-ROM drive > > The first one is somewhat funny, as I think there were only a few early > Pentium II's and PentiumPro's that ran at 300Mhz. Since we dropped i586 > support in Maverick, might we also think about raising this to say, > 450Mhz ? > > Also while there are things one can do w/ 128MB of RAM on Ubuntu > Server.. is it a realistic minimum? > > Do we actually require a graphics card? If you are clever you can get > the alternative installer to install via serial console IIRC.
Correct. For reference I was able to install Natty just now in a KVM with no VGA with the following: kvm -cdrom natty-server-amd64.iso -kernel vmlinuz -initrd initrd.gz --append "console=ttyS0 priority=critical locale=en_US url=http://bit.ly/uquick"; -vga none -serial stdio Note that I loop mounted the iso to extract vmlinuz and initrd.gz, which are required if you use kvm's --append. If you haven't done this before, running the Ubuntu Installer in a virtual machine on a command line over SSH is kind of fun :-) -- :-Dustin -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
