On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:49:50AM -0500, David A. Marlin wrote: > > I am running on F17 and using: > > anaconda-17.29-1.fc17 > lorax-17.26-1.fc17 > > I was creating a test image using livemedia-creator on a resource > constrained system (only 1GB memory) and encountered an error. > > "You have not specified a swap partition. 917 MB of memory is > required to continue installation > without a swap partition, but you only have 898 MB." > > But I have a large swap partition on the build system, and it is active. This is referring to the target system, it doesn't use the host's swapfile when calculating the amount of space. > > I have successfully created images before, but this time I used a > new kickstart that did not include a 'swap' partition definition. > > clearpart --all > part /boot --size 255 --fstype vfat --asprimary --label=boot > part / --size 2000 --fstype ext4 --label=rootfs > > If I add a small swap partition in the kickstart, it works. > > Is this the intended behavior? Is there a way to create a target > image that does not include a swap partition? I'm assuming you are using --no-virt, right? This is a side-effect of anaconda not normally being used directly on a buildhost. We might be able to work around it, but really it is easier to just have a swapfile in the kickstart, then it will be useful for virt or nonvirt methods. -- Brian C. Lane | Anaconda Team | IRC: bcl #anaconda | Port Orchard, WA (PST8PDT)
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