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FS#32006 - PXE install with less than 512MB of Memory

Attached to Project: Release Engineering
Opened by Alejandro Liu (alejandro_liu) - Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 09:16 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Monday, 22 October 2012, 23:09 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category ArchISO
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version testbuild (specify!)
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

In the latest install CD the "PXE" NFS/NBD installation modes are hardcoded to have:

"copytoram=y"

This means that installing over network to a low memory system fails (not enough space). Installing over NFS without copytoram works on previous versions.

copytoram should default to "y" only if there is enough memory. Otherwise it should be possible to disable copytoram through command line switches.


Steps to reproduce:

Try to do an NFS install with a system with less than 512MB (probably using a VM).
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Monday, 22 October 2012, 23:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  Will be available in next snapshot.
https://projects.archlinux.org/archiso.g it/commit/?id=21aa378007a97e0679bc8ca05c f3f025ddca0a71
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 14:52 GMT
  • Field changed: Attached to Project (Arch Linux → Release Engineering)
I can add a test to test if copytoram is explicit set to "n" for NFS/NBD, but this will not be supported at all, since some problems can happens on shutdown (hang), and on runtime if network settings changes.
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Tuesday, 16 October 2012, 22:21 GMT
Patch here, feedback welcomed.

http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2012-October/002942.html

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