>>> 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
