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| author | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2023-08-08 21:38:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> | 2023-08-08 21:38:19 +0200 |
| commit | ccb547f587269081aba3cd242c0f9cd6f1f77a86 (patch) | |
| tree | 1814a7fc3508edee955c8bc8e860bf40fe72f369 /en/hardware | |
| parent | 7dc972741c531b03f4ac49f1e9a0b7d489d4c180 (diff) | |
| download | installation-guide-ccb547f587269081aba3cd242c0f9cd6f1f77a86.zip | |
Overhaul ram size / harddisk size requirements / recommendations for simplification and consistency
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| -rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml | 37 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml b/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml index 10f074738..eae24c6ff 100644 --- a/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml +++ b/en/hardware/memory-disk-requirements.xml @@ -6,43 +6,10 @@ <para> -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 +We recommend at least &ref-no-desktop-ram-minimum; of memory and &minimum-fs-size; +of hard disk space to perform an installation. For more detailed values, see <xref linkend="minimum-hardware-reqts"/>. -</para><para> - -The installer normally automatically enables memory-saving tricks to be able to -run on such low-memory system, but on architectures that are less tested -it may miss doing so. It can however be enabled manually by appending the -<userinput>lowmem=1</userinput> or even <userinput>lowmem=2</userinput> boot -parameter (see also <xref linkend="lowmem"/> and -<xref linkend="installer-args"/>). - -</para><warning condition="lowmem-unchecked"><para> - -On &architecture; the lowmem levels have not been tested, so automatic detection -is probably outdated and you thus probably <emphasis>need</emphasis> to pass the -boot parameter if your system has little memory. - -</para></warning><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 text-based installer and should -not be used on systems with less than &minimum-memory; of memory. If -there is a choice between booting the text-based and the graphical installer, -the former should be selected on such systems. - -</para> - -</footnote> or disk space available may be possible but is only advised for -experienced users. - </para> </sect1> |