Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote: >> 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. > > One way to make the installer use much less memory after install has > started is enabling the swap device as soon as it is possible. > > (You can then reclaim all the unpacked stuff in /tmp) >
Yeah, though I don't know offhand whether that's the point where we typically run out of memory. Dave
