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Creating a 32MB VM for development
I missed out on the 32MB ipxcore craze earlier this year, but it got me thinking about some of my side projects, and how I can make them more efficient. I'd like to set up a VirtualBox instance of a 32MB VM, however I've been having a bit of trouble getting it going.
The steps I took:
- Set up a VM with 256 MB RAM
- Install Debian
- Strip services, general cruft down to minimal (~ 10 MB usage)
The machine boots fine as low as 64 MB allocated to it, but it won't get past the GRUB screen at 32 MB (kernel does not appear to start).
Any ideas how to get this working?
Comments
Ipx 32mb is still available
I believe minimum RAM requirement of Debian (full virtualization) is 64mb of RAM. It sounds like your installation of Debian doesn't have enough RAM to fully initialize.
The reason why OpenVZ can handle 32mb is because its not "full virtualization", the linux kernel is still shared (therefore less initial ram usage).
Of course this is what I think and I'm not 100% sure.
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch03s04.html.en
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s05.html.en
@jcaleb said: Ipx 32mb is still available
I took a look at the ipx offer thread. It links to this out of stock page. Is there another url to obtain the service?
Contact @Damian to put more stock in or to provide any news. (Its seriously a single PM away)
@HalfEatenPie, that makes complete sense (both of your comments). I appreciate the help.
Also, I believe @Damian is no longer affiliated with ipxcore. See this post.
He's back on board from what I know
^^
He is back with IPXCore (this post).