Bug 529401
| Summary: | [x86-64 virtual, 256mb memory] install on pre-installed rawhide aborts | ||||||||||
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| Product: | [Retired] Fedora Documentation | Reporter: | Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi> | ||||||||
| Component: | release-notes | Assignee: | Release Notes Tracker <relnotes> | ||||||||
| Status: | CLOSED NEXTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Karsten Wade <kwade> | ||||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||||
| Priority: | low | ||||||||||
| Version: | devel | CC: | awilliam, dcantrell, eric, stickster, sundaram, vanmeeuwen+fedora, vedran, wb8rcr | ||||||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Reopened | ||||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||||||
| Doc Text: |
The minimum RAM needed to install and run Fedora 12 is 512 MB.
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| Last Closed: | 2009-10-27 14:53:48 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||||
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Created attachment 365064 [details]
console 1 error message
Created attachment 365066 [details]
console 4 error messages with the oom reference
BTW: does this mean that minimum ram size for f12 is more than 256mb? In my additional info I meant that with 512Mb and default graphical install, it completes correctly. "BTW: does this mean that minimum ram size for f12 is more than 256mb?" it's a tricky thing to pin down. it means the minimum for installing on x86-64 in a virtual machine may be above 256MB. I seem to recall we were revising the hardware requirements for f12 somewhere, but I can't find any reference to it now...oh, here it is: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499585 -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers For your specific installation case, it does appear that 256 MB is not enough. In particular, x86-64 installs appear to require more memory than i386 installs. Additionally, virt installs do appear to have higher requirements as well. Closing for now since they still appear to be sorting out the release notes. chris: you'll notice I re-assigned the bug to the release-notes component - I'd rather keep it open on that component until the docs guys are happy with the release notes and can close this bug accordingly. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers > chris: you'll notice I re-assigned the bug to the release-notes component - I'd
> rather keep it open on that component until the docs guys are happy with the
> release notes and can close this bug accordingly.
No, I didn't notice that, or I would have left it open.
Reassigning into "more upstream" Docs product and component. Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: The minimum RAM needed to install and run Fedora 12 is 512 MB. Please clarify what you want: For i386: Minimum RAM for text mode install Recommended RAM for text mode install Minimum RAM for graphical install Recommended RAM for graphical install For X86_64: Minimum RAM for text mode install Recommended RAM for text mode install Minimum RAM for graphical install Recommended RAM for graphical install For PPC: Minimum RAM for text mode install Recommended RAM for text mode install Minimum RAM for graphical install Recommended RAM for graphical install it's somewhat complex because the exact type of installation being carried out, and whether the target is a virtual machine or bare metal, affect things. It's sufficiently complex that I'm not sure we can confidently put it into nice convenient 'minimum' and 'recommended' boxes. I think we can say bare minimum for i386 is 128MB and x86-64 is 256MB (I believe that's what we already say), but it would be best to be very clear that in some cases even this will not be enough. 'Recommended' is a fairly unclear word. I think we can just recommend 256 MB for text and 512 MB for graphical installation to on the safer side. I added an admonition about using the minimum memory in the GA notes. Text is also on the wiki. |
Created attachment 365063 [details] console 3 error messages Description of problem: I have qemu/kvm with host based on f11 x86_64 and rawvirt repo. I have a guest that is a rawhide pre beta x86_64. I run installation and select "install or upgrade system". I go straight on and I select "reinstal system". I choose default partitioning proposed without doing anything and only going through (the same was previously for the current rawhide installed guest). I get the message that installation exited abnormally. I don't know if it depends on same lvm names installation would give, taht matches the ones present on current system. I attach console 1, 3 and 4 screens as I was able to capture.. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda as released in dvd iso of beta rc2 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start install from dvd iso x86_64 connected as dvd to guest 2. go through and select re-install system 3. select "replace existing linux system" in partitioning type window and select write changes to disk Actual results: abort Expected results: installation continues Additional info: I notice that if I assign to the guest 256Mb of ram, the installation decides to go in text mode and I get this problem. Instead, if I assign 512Mb to the guest (based also on the OOM message in console 4 above) the install go graphic and goes straight on with same options selected