Comment 9 for bug 43071

OK first up you can test with arbitray memory sizes by using the kernel's mem= parameter.

Secondly, Krzysztof: what do you expect to happen when this occurs? Do you expect a warning on those systems with 256Mbyte or less RAM and no swap before the installation proceeds? What about the fact that the VSS now plays a large role because it can't be swapped out? Other distros like Fedora stipulate the minimum requirements for a graphical install as being 192MiB - http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/release-notes-ISO/#id3099264 but I think all of them say you have to have swap during the install if your RAM is that constrained.

Thirdly: I know someone who said it was like having a new machine when he moved to 512Mbytes on Windows XP. It definitely runs but these days its easy to make it thrash the swap. Also, I don't think Windows XP would be so happy on a 256Mbyte machine if you took its swap file away.