Re: Quickemu Problem with amount of RAM
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.
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