Will (does) Centos 6 require 512Mb of memory for the GUI install like FC14 or the lower requirement of FC13? My ASUS EE 700 has ~490Mb of memory (vidoe steals some from the 512Mb base) and FC14 switches to text install and does not install any GUI, leaving the boot in test mode. I recall a message earlier that 6 is based off of 14, but not the final Anaconda, thus my question. It would be NICE if the install can work with at least 384Mb of memory, as this is the recommended minimum for FC14 so I would think it is the miniumum for RHEL/Centos 6. I am seeing FC leave more older hardware behind and with its short cycles and 'currentness' of apps for RHEL 6, I am looking at moving some of my desktops back from FC to Centos. FC13 may be the last FC for some of them...
m.roth at 5-cent.us
2010-Nov-16 15:22 UTC
[CentOS] Centos 6 installation memory requirements
Robert Moskowitz wrote:> Will (does) Centos 6 require 512Mb of memory for the GUI install like > FC14 or the lower requirement of FC13? > > My ASUS EE 700 has ~490Mb of memory (vidoe steals some from the 512Mb > base) and FC14 switches to text install and does not install any GUI, > leaving the boot in test mode.<snip> I will *not* make comments about how an install isn't running a game engine, and so *ought* to be able to run in an order of magnitude less memory, except for bloated, objectionably oriented programming.... mark "what, is it in java?"
On 11/16/2010 10:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:> Will (does) Centos 6 require 512Mb of memory for the GUI install like > FC14 or the lower requirement of FC13? > > My ASUS EE 700 has ~490Mb of memory (vidoe steals some from the 512Mb > base) and FC14 switches to text install and does not install any GUI, > leaving the boot in test mode. > > I recall a message earlier that 6 is based off of 14, but not the final > Anaconda, thus my question. > > It would be NICE if the install can work with at least 384Mb of memory, > as this is the recommended minimum for FC14 so I would think it is the > miniumum for RHEL/Centos 6. > > I am seeing FC leave more older hardware behind and with its short > cycles and 'currentness' of apps for RHEL 6, I am looking at moving some > of my desktops back from FC to Centos. FC13 may be the last FC for some > of them...RHEL 6 uses the 2.6.32 kernel (a-la F12), so I should expect it's minimum requirements to be similar to F12. I've not tried such a paired down install though, so I can't say for sure. Perhaps you could craft a thinned-down kickstart installer that includes Gnome/KDE? Then, if you don't have enough memory, you can start parring down packages post-install until you can fire up the GUI? -- Digimer E-Mail: digimer at alteeve.com AN!Whitepapers: http://alteeve.com Node Assassin: http://nodeassassin.org
m.roth at 5-cent.us
2010-Nov-23 19:55 UTC
[CentOS] Centos 6 installation memory requirements
Mathieu Baudier wrote:>> break out your wallet, blow the dust out, and spend a few bucks on someRAM> > Sometimes the hardware is so old, that it is not as easy as that to findthe right RAM for it...> > I have some very old IBM PoS cashier machines (sic! got them for 30 EUReach, plenty of connectors, very well built) based on Celeron processors which valiantly run CentOS 5 for some tests/router/storage, etc., but I have a hard time finding RAM for them.> I think that they will never make it to CentOS 6 (maybe I'll switch themto Debian which I always found pretty good for low-end hardware). I've always been impressed with how solid IBM's hardware is. Anyway, one thing you might look at is to see what's running, and if you don't need it, turn it off, and maybe uninstall. If these are PoS boxen, do you need X windows? Do you need Gnome or KDE as windonw managers (look at smaller ones - I use IceWM at home, < 600k, yes, k, not M; the other admin here likes xfce)? mark