> I'm pretty sure I came across 400MB as the requirement for RAM using the > GUI installer. There's no question that java is a radically awsome > technology though, something must be taking up a lot of ram, I had to add > an extra stick of ram:) >
On x86, 400 MB is the minimum to run the window system on the miniroot; running the GUI installer under Java takes us up to about 500 MB as the minimum right now. Much of that excess space is a result of needing to unpack it onto the in-memory miniroot rather than running it off of media, which is necessary in order to keep CD 1's size down to fit what's needed to install and then reboot and continue the install from the additional media. We could do things to lower the memory requirements, but they'd require more extensive re-engineering of the current miniroot and product structure, and at this point they haven't been judged to be cost-effective. Dave
