On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 11:30 PM Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote:
>
> With F32 and previous versions I've been able to install Workstation and 
> other spins in a QEMU VM
> with about 1200MB~1248MB of memory.  With F33 the install process crashes 
> during the "installing software"
> phase.
>
> Is this expected?
>
> FWIW, the "Everything-netinst" install of a KDE system did install just fine 
> with 1248MB assigned.
>
> Currently using...
>
> Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-33-20200824.n.0.iso
> Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-33-20200824.n.0.iso
> Fedora-KDE-Live-x86_64-33-20200824.n.0.iso

Are there any hints why it crashed in the journal? That is pretty
tight memory wise. Minimum RAM 2G is what's listed on getfedora.org,
and 4G i s recommended. The biggest difference memory wise I can think
of between F32 and F33 is no disk based swap by default. It uses zram
based swap. And in such a tight case, only 50% may not be enough.

Even before the zram change though, I'd see ~250M of swap used with a
2G VM. So that means it's already under provisioned, and walking on
thin ice.

But we should make sure we have a complete explanation before making
adjustments. You could see if zram set to 75% and 100% help, just as
an extra data point. Create /etc/systemd/zram-generator.conf and edit
to include

[zram0]
zram-fraction=0.75

and then 'systemctl restart swap-create@zram0'

confirm with swapon and/or zramctl that its size is 75% that of totalmemory

You can do this prior to beginning the installation.


-- 
Chris Murphy
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