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Add prerequisites section #503

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opened 2025-12-29 06:20:37 +01:00 by adam · 2 comments
adam commented 2025-12-29 06:20:37 +01:00
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Originally created by @sam5epi0l on GitHub (Jun 4, 2023).

Just installed WSL2, Ubuntu, Docker and two 5 GB Mac containers in Windows 11, and finally came to know that it can't run on PC with 6 GB RAM (below actually). Wasted 3 hours in this and finally got RAM cannot be allocated error:

(qemu) qemu-system-x86_64: cannot set up guest memory 'pc.ram': Cannot allocate memory

I don't know why there is no prerequisite section in the README page where one gets suggested to keep system RAM higher than 8 GB or something.

There should be a complete list of system requirements mentioned before installation instructions.

Originally created by @sam5epi0l on GitHub (Jun 4, 2023). Just installed WSL2, Ubuntu, Docker and two 5 GB Mac containers in Windows 11, and finally came to know that it can't run on PC with 6 GB RAM (below actually). Wasted 3 hours in this and finally got RAM cannot be allocated error: `(qemu) qemu-system-x86_64: cannot set up guest memory 'pc.ram': Cannot allocate memory` I don't know why there is no prerequisite section in the [README](https://github.com/sickcodes/Docker-OSX/#id-like-to-run-docker-osx-on-windows) page where one gets suggested to keep system **RAM higher than 8 GB** or something. There should be a complete list of **system requirements** mentioned before installation instructions.
adam commented 2025-12-29 06:20:37 +01:00
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@maietta commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023):

You can create virtual ram using disk space.

@maietta commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023): You can create virtual ram using disk space.
adam commented 2025-12-29 06:20:37 +01:00
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@sam5epi0l commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023):

@maietta , how's the speed? Can you share a how to?

@sam5epi0l commented on GitHub (Jun 5, 2023): @maietta , how's the speed? Can you share a how to?
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Reference: starred/Docker-OSX-sickcodes#503