minimum memory requirements

[Jon Masters]

On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 10:48 -0400, James Antill wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 06:21 -0400, Jon Masters wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 11:47 +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> > 
> > >         
> > >         Gah, ignore me. I meant to install i386 earlier but wound up
> > >         installing
> > >         an x86_64 image which accounts for the difference. And the
> > >         docs agree
> > >         fully with my subsequent experience :)
> > 
> > 
> > > Either way, I think you're right...the req's are kinda high...
> > 
> > Well, yes. I will do an i386 install later and compare. I don't really
> > blame the *x86_64* figures for being so high, largely because any system
> > featuring an x86_64 probably never had less than 256MB RAM and 512MB
> > really isn't all that much to be expecting these days. It'd just be
> > nicer if we could install in a virtual machine with less allocated.
> 
>  I had a feature request open to have the x86_64 installer actually be
> a .i386 python/yum/anaconda (anaconda does not currently need more than
> 4GB of virtual space :). Which would make the installer size
> requirements for x86_64 be the same:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=437914
> 
>  Feel free to pile on the love to clumens :).

I hate to say it, but that makes a lot of sense. A disturbing amount of
sense - glad it was already on the radar :)

Jon.