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author | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2008-04-30 06:22:01 +0000 |
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committer | Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> | 2008-04-30 06:22:01 +0000 |
commit | 8730fe4c501993661854d9e772249f85e8dc5709 (patch) | |
tree | fc43e75aea51ef6708ebbd1d4392f3f4173d9ab6 /en/hardware | |
parent | beff641988ad1d4a925b76ba82ae7008118973ee (diff) | |
download | installation-guide-8730fe4c501993661854d9e772249f85e8dc5709.zip |
* Update kernel versions.
* Update memory requirements for i386 and amd64. Elaborate on installing
systems with less memory than the listed minimum.
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-rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml | 24 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml b/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml index 930778552..7adc6961e 100644 --- a/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml +++ b/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml @@ -6,9 +6,27 @@ <para> -You must have at least &minimum-memory; of memory and &minimum-fs-size; of hard disk -space. Note that these are really bare-minimum numbers. For more realistic -figures, see <xref linkend="minimum-hardware-reqts"/>. +You must have at least &minimum-memory; of memory and &minimum-fs-size; +of hard disk space to perform a normal installation. Note that these are +fairly minimal numbers. For more realistic figures, see +<xref linkend="minimum-hardware-reqts"/>. + +</para><para> + +Installation on systems with less memory<footnote condition="gtk"> + +<para> + +Installation images that support the graphical installer require more +memory than images that support only the textual installer and should +not be used on systems with less than &minimum-memory; of memory. If +there is a choice between booting the regular and the graphical installer, +the former should be selected. + +</para> + +</footnote> or disk space available may be possible but is only advised for +experienced users. </para><para arch="m68k"> |