Re: very common kernel modules slow down the boot process

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On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 12:25:53PM -0400, Alan Cox wrote:
 > On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 10:04:31AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
 > >  > Do these older/limited machines do anything better now than they did in 
 > >  > the 2.4 kernel days?
 > > 
 > > Good luck trying to get the installer to run on anything less than 512MB these days.
 > 
 > Don't bother: either
 > 
 > - Use an existing disk image and upgrade it (works in 128MB)

Part of the selinux-policy-targeted upgrade does something whih
munches through stupid amounts of memory.  On any box I've tried
this on with <512MB, the oom killer kicks in, and then I've been
left with the mess of a half upgraded box, with lots of rpms
listed twice in the rpmdb.

	Dave

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