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Re: Quickemu Problem with amount of RAM

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On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 11:56:06AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> I have just installed installed Quickemu v-6.1.4.
> 
>     quickget windows 11 ran as it should without any errors or warnings.
>     However:
>         (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$ quickemu --vm windows-10.conf
>     ~/VM ~/VM
>     Quickemu 4.9.4 using /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 v7.2.9
>      - Host:     Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) running Linux 6.1 (Abanormal)
>      - CPU:      AMD FX(tm)-8320 Eight-Core Processor
>      - CPU VM:   1 Socket(s), 2 Core(s), 2 Thread(s), 4G RAM
>     ERROR! You have insufficient RAM to run windows in a VM
>     (base) comp@Abanormal:~/VM$
> 
> I am somewhat confused as:
> 
>     (base) comp@Abanormal:~$ free -ght
>                    total    used     free    shared  buff/cache   available
>         Mem:       7.7Gi   2.3Gi    225Mi      34Mi       5.4Gi       5.3Gi
>         Swap:      975Mi    50Mi    925Mi
>         Total:     8.6Gi   2.4Gi    1.1Gi
> 
> The strange thing is that I have installed Windows 10 using QEMU/KVM
> virt-manager without any RAM problems at all.

I say: "without any **noted** RAM problems at all"
 

> Some guidance would be appreciated.

My guess is: 4Gb in the guest, requires much more 4Gb on the host.

 
> Thanks in advance.

Thank the mailinglist by sharing how you got beyond the hurdle.


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Geert Stappers
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Quickemu Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2024-05-18 18:00 +0200
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