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diff --git a/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml b/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml index eb36bb9ce..076c65791 100644 --- a/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml +++ b/en/preparing/minimum-hardware-reqts.xml @@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ Any OldWorld or NewWorld PowerPC can serve well as a desktop system. <tbody> <row> <entry>No desktop</entry> - <entry>256 megabytes</entry> - <entry>512 megabytes</entry> - <entry>4 gigabytes</entry> + <entry>&ref-no-desktop-ram-minimum;</entry> + <entry>&ref-no-desktop-ram-recommend;</entry> + <entry>&ref-no-desktop-hd;</entry> </row><row arch="not-s390"> <entry>With Desktop</entry> - <entry>1 gigabytes</entry> - <entry>2 gigabytes</entry> - <entry>10 gigabytes</entry> + <entry>&ref-with-desktop-ram-minimum;</entry> + <entry>&ref-with-desktop-ram-recommend;</entry> + <entry>&ref-with-desktop-hd;</entry> </row> </tbody></tgroup></table> @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Any OldWorld or NewWorld PowerPC can serve well as a desktop system. <para> The minimum values assumes that swap will be enabled and a non-liveCD image is used. -The <quote>No desktop</quote> value assumes that the non-graphical (text-based) -installer is used. +The <quote>No desktop</quote> value assumes that the text-based installer +(not the graphical one) is used. </para><para> @@ -73,6 +73,38 @@ pick and choose which applications to install; see <xref linkend="tasksel-size-list"/> for additional information on disk space requirements. +</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 + +On &architecture; the lowmem levels have not been tested, so automatic detection +is probably outdated and you thus probably 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><para arch="not-s390"> It is possible to run a graphical desktop environment on older or |