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Re: Quickemu Problem

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On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 5:53 PM Stephen P. Molnar <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net>
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> 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
>

All your RAM is being used as buffer/cache. Run the following command to
free up ram:

sudo sync && sh -c "/usr/bin/echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches"


> The strange thing is that I have installed Windows 10 using QEMU/KVM
> virt-manager without any RAM problems at all.
>
> Some guidance would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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