Maybe the installer grabs file by file, puts on its temporary disk and installls it. So, for big rpm files, 64mb wouldn't be enough.
Mauro http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Mark Post <mp...@novell.com> wrote: > >>> On 1/7/2009 at 10:56 AM, Robert J Brenneman <bren...@gmail.com> wrote: > -snip- > > Then - depending on which install method you use, the installer may > > load another ramdisk filesystem into memory to hold all the packages > > you're installing. Installations that use http or ftp package sources > > have to pull the packages to the installing system, and thus need that > > second ramdisk. > > I would be very surprised if this were true, since RPM can install packages > over the network. When I watch an installation, it grabs each RPM and > installs it, before grabbing the next RPM. So, I really don't think the > installer is copying all the packages into the ram disk. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
