very common kernel modules slow down the boot process

[Dave Jones]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 09:12:39AM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
 > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 09:03:23AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 > >  > - Use an existing disk image and upgrade it (works in 128MB)
 > > 
 > > Part of the selinux-policy-targeted upgrade does something whih
 > > munches through stupid amounts of memory.  On any box I've tried
 > > this on with <512MB, the oom killer kicks in, and then I've been
 > > left with the mess of a half upgraded box, with lots of rpms
 > > listed twice in the rpmdb.
 > 
 > Interesting - not had that problem but I do have a lot of swap on the
 > small boxes (512MB or so) which would have meant it ticked along fine.
 > 
 > You can always create a swapfile for the upgrade anyway
 
It's definitly a concern for swapless machines. 
(Like say, my router running off of flash)

That got so bad Ive now stuk a 1gb usb stick in there solely for swap.

	Dave

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