Since I get digest mode, I will comment on two different postings in
once !
> Let anaconda figure it out for you! :-)
>
> %pre
> ram=`python <<EOF
> import sys
> sys.path.append('/usr/lib/anaconda')
> import iutil
> sizekB = iutil.memInstalled(1)
> print sizekB
> EOF
> `
is is cool to know - I -may- use it some day. :)
<SNIP>
> At work, my standard Linux box is a dual Xeon 3.02G with 4G of RAM (IBM
> x335). Less than 10 minutes to install my kickstart image. Then I go
> home and back to the real world....
*shrugg* install time is never an easy thing to brag about, I can use my
debian installer to complete in less than 5 minutes from time it goes
into the install to finishing on a single proc IDE system. I can also
get RedHat ES/AS to install in under 5 minutes, it all depends on how
much data you have to put onto the disk. Since 'normal' boot images
used/shiped by RedHat are -BOOT kernels, it means that you can only use
a single proc and up to 1 gig of RAM to install with, which means disk
access is a big thing.
Of course you can always hack the boot image and put in your own kernel
for anaconda to make full usage of a systems hardware.
Cliff.
