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FS#38583 - CPU P2-400 RAM 128M: can't boot from Arch Install CD

Attached to Project: Release Engineering
Opened by Nikita Nevagno (Nikita) - Monday, 20 January 2014, 07:57 GMT
Last edited by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Monday, 20 January 2014, 16:30 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category System
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
CPU P2-400 RAM (slightly less than)128M: can't boot from Arch Install CD
The subject PC is Compaq Armada E500 laptop, the Installation CD is 2014.01.05.
After I choose the "Boot Archlinux (i686)" option, the installation crashes in a minute.
Here's the "screen of death" attached.
The CD is ok (torrent checksums ok, copies without errors), the laptop is ok too (another distro, Debian, installs and runs fine)
May be the system requirements "Arch Linux should run on any i686 compatible machine with a minimum of 64 MB" have already changed?
   archbugcrop.jpg (80.5 KiB)
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Closed by  Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera)
Monday, 20 January 2014, 16:30 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Monday, 20 January 2014, 16:29 GMT
  • Field changed: Attached to Project (Arch Linux → Release Engineering)
Sure, with 128M will not boot, you need at least 256M. The initramfs is compressed with XZ with requires much more RAM for uncompress than GZIP (I guess what Debian uses).
You can remaster the ISO for uncompress/compress initramfs file (archiso.img) with gzip, then should work.
Please use forums to support request. Thanks.

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