RE: [Rule-list] Modifying the current anaconda--progress update

[Taylor, ForrestX]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Moss [mailto:address@hidden
> 
> The base section in the comps file.

Good idea.  I tried just the base section by using a ks.cfg file that had
nothing under the %packages section.  Here's what happened:

Using ks mem=16M:

The install took about 20 minutes, and it installed 132 packages and 262MB
(according to the installer--once rebooted, df showed 203MB were actually
used).  I set swap at 64MB, and during the install, it use no more than
47MB.

Using ks mem=12M:

The install took about 35 minutes, and installed the same packages.  The
install used no more than 38MB swap.

Using ks mem=8M:

I actually had to rebuild anaconda and the discs, because the installer only
had 6344K of RAM.  I changed anaconda to check for 6000K RAM instead of
8000K.  Although it didn't complain about the RAM, it took a long time to
start.  I let it go for a couple of hours on the 'Running anaconda...please
wait' screen, and it never got past that.

Using linux mem=8M:

Same as above.  I thought that I'd try this just in case kickstart was
taking up more memory than it should be.  I would guess that this would
eventually work, but I didn't have the patience to wait that long.


 
> Thanks for the info.  If you posted the patch to enigma list 
> I saved the
> thread.  If not it would be great if you could email me the 
> patch directly.
> (maybe to the list so it would be in the archive???)
> 
> 
> Chuck

Here is the patch that I used.  Notice that I changed the MIN_RAM to 6000K
in case someone had an extra week or two to try it on an 8MB system ;o)

--- anaconda-7.2.orig/isys/isys.h       Tue Apr 17 09:05:39 2001
+++ anaconda-7.2/isys/isys.h    Mon Feb  4 16:18:50 2002
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #define MIN_ROOTPART_SIZE_MB   250
 
-#define MIN_RAM                        17000       /* 20M or so */
+#define MIN_RAM                        6000        /* 8M or so */
 #define MIN_GUI_RAM            35000
 #define EARLY_SWAP_RAM         34000
 

Now, the problem remains as to how to implement this.  I just tried using a
floppy with the new anaconda, and using the original discs, but it looks
like the stage2.img on the original disc is the culprit.  I have been using
totally rebuilt discs.  Thus, it looks like we have to somehow change the
stage2.img, or rebuild the disc(s).  Any ideas on this subject?

Forrest