What is minimum RAM to install?

[jdow]

I'm not sure I'd want to bet on that, Michael. I just installed "everything"
on a "bang-it-around" box with 256Megs of ram. I downloaded all the updates,
culled out the earlier updates on those packages that were updated twice,
reserved the actual kernel update, and attempted "rpm -Uvh *". Some of the
post install scripts failed.

(I recovered by using "rpm -Uvh --force" on modest subsets of the 100+
update RPMs. They installed flawlessly under those conditions.(

By the way, why is there only an i686 nptl-devel package when it
appears to be required for glibc-devel and rpmlib?

{^_-}   <- has been known to be too impatient for her own good.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Schwendt" <ms-nospam-0306 at arcor.de>


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> On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 14:16:28 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
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> > Is 64mB the minimum RAM required for installation these days?
> >
> > I cannot find a reference in the Installation Guide for Shrike, so I'm
> > askint on the list. I know that I failed on an old Pentium that had only
> > 32mb, and I couldn't think of any other reason for that failure.
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> > PS: I note Suse is now requiring 96mb. So, is maybe even 64 not enough
> > for RH?
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> For Shrike:
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> http://www.redhat.com/software/linux/technical/