On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 11:14:54AM +0000, Philip Blundell wrote:
> +#if defined __i386__
> + min_mem = 12;
> +#elif defined __arm__ || defined __s390__ || defined __alpha__ || defined __mips__
> + min_mem = 16;
> +#else
> + min_mem = 5;
> +#endif
PowerPC should also be 16MB. Neither the installer nor an installed
system will boot on 8MB RAM. By the time the installer is booted,
meminfo reports over 10M used. After a minimal (no X) complete system is
booted, meminfo reports almost 16M used (with a 32M chip installed). I
only have 32's and an 8, so I can't test 12M but from my tests I don't
think 12M would be a useful configuration.
Actually, I'd be surprised if any achitecture would require less than
i386 requires. Can any kernel hackers confirm that? Certainly RISC
arches like powerpc are always going to need more than i386.
With kernel 2.4.12, 30M is reported used when booting finishes. But
2.4.12 reports 'active' and 'inactive', it says actually 20M is
active. Tell me if I'm wrong, it looks like woody with 2.4.12 should
require 32MB.
Should we add a note in the install manual about newer kernels
requiring even more memory?
Index: defaults.ent
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/debian-boot/boot-floppies/documentation/defaults.ent,v
retrieving revision 1.116
diff -u -r1.116 defaults.ent
--- defaults.ent 2001/12/01 05:37:59 1.116
+++ defaults.ent 2001/12/01 19:51:20
@@ -113,12 +113,13 @@
<!entity % not-sparc "INCLUDE">
<!-- minimum memory -->
-<![ %alpha [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
-<![ %mips [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
-<![ %i386 [ <!entity minimum-memory "12MB"> ]]>
-<![ %s390 [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
-<![ %arm [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
- <!entity minimum-memory "5MB">
+<![ %alpha [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
+<![ %powerpc [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
+<![ %mips [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
+<![ %i386 [ <!entity minimum-memory "12MB"> ]]>
+<![ %s390 [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
+<![ %arm [ <!entity minimum-memory "16MB"> ]]>
+ <!entity minimum-memory "12MB">
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