On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 09:12:39AM -0400, Alan Cox wrote: > On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 09:03:23AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > > > - 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. > > Interesting - not had that problem but I do have a lot of swap on the > small boxes (512MB or so) which would have meant it ticked along fine. > > You can always create a swapfile for the upgrade anyway It's definitly a concern for swapless machines. (Like say, my router running off of flash) That got so bad Ive now stuk a 1gb usb stick in there solely for swap. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
