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eoan: zfs install option - don't install on systems less than 4GB of memory

Bug #1847785 reported by Colin Ian King
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Won't Fix
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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High
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Bug Description

ZFS is memory sensitive and installing it on systems than 4GB is really asking for memory pressure issues.

Can the ZFS install option only be allowed for systems with at *least* 4GB, maybe 6GB on desktop.

Colin Ian King (colin-king)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Tom Reynolds (tomreyn) wrote :

As seen on the duplicate bug 1847848, 2 GB can trigger the installers' OOM killer. With 3 GB, installation (with ZFS) succeeded for me (but 3 GB is probably still too little for a ZFS Desktop system, so I agree more is much better there).

Maybe the easiest way to fix this for the 19.10 release is to just add a textual note next to the ZFS installer option.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: rls-ee-incoming
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

From https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop 4GB is already the minimum requirement for Ubuntu Desktop even without ZFS.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote :

Closing as it is already the minimum requirement on desktop

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Opinion
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Colin Ian King (colin-king) wrote :

Fair enough. Thanks.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubuntu-release-notes:
status: New → Won't Fix
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