[Bug 1050595] Re: Ubuntu Server installation with 128M ram hangs

[codeslinger]

for what it's worth...

yes, there are real-world cases where there is only 128 megs available.

Quite a few hosting companies that offer VPS packages, have low end
virtual hosts with as little as 64 megs of memory, with 128 megs being a
common entry point.

I know that OpenVZ is not exactly the same as a hardware install, but
I've got a VPS  that runs 12.04 in 64 megs.  It's only used for backups,
so it would be a waste of resources to give it any more memory.

there are lots of these hosting companies out there.  doubleing the
memory requirements would have a substantial effect on their
profitability.

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Title:
  Ubuntu Server installation with 128M ram hangs

Status in “lowmem” package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “lowmem” source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in “ubuntu-docs” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Installing quantal 20120913 server image hangs at detecting disks and
  all other hardware with 128M.  Our currently stated minimum system
  requirements include 128M ram for -server installs, so I'm using a KVM
  session with 128M to test this.

  Bumping this to 256 will allow it to make it through the install, but
  still get's lots of OOMs throughout the installation process.

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