Hello everyone.
This is my configuration:
Mac mini, Apple M2
macOS Sonoma 14.6.1
UTM 4.5.3 emulator with AL8 (aarch64 and QEMU 7.2), 2048 MB RAM, 4 core CPU, 15GB vdisk
The AL9 version is perfect even with those few resources, fast and stable, the applications respond beautifully.
However, I need an environment in AL8 (AlmaLinux-8.10-aarch64-boot). I tried to install it and the time was very long. But using it is even worse. Impossible to use it. For example, if I use Firefox it freezes completely. I can use a terminal session with great difficulty.
I noticed that from UTM / QEMU I have to disable the Hypervisor otherwise at boot once the boot is chosen it returns to the selection menu without starting.
I knew about architectural problems with Silicon CPUs, apparently solved with version 9. But with 8 nothing to do…
Suggestions? Thanks
Unfortunately, if I’m guessing, this is likely a bug that wasn’t identified early enough to be fixed in AlmaLinux 8, and is fixed in AlmaLinux 9. Can you elaborate a bit more about why you want to use AlmaLinux 8? It’s possible that we can help get you going on 9 more easily.
RHEL8 and derivatives kernel built with 64k page size.
RHEL9 and derivatives kernel built with 4k page size.
Apple Silicon by design only supports 4k page size.
Very interesting. I would say then why create images like AlmaLinux-8.10-aarch64-boot if there is no compatibility (or better, a non-usability of the environment) at least with Apple Silicon …
stemaras
bennyVasquez
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Thanks for your reply. I have clients with several servers in RHEL8 and I would have liked to do some simulations of various types, including migration to 9. It is not actually a necessity, but just my personal curiosity. As I said, I have several AL9 installations and with very few resources the results are excellent.
RHEL 8.0 was released in 2019.
First Apple Silicon was released in 2020 and no one knew anything about it before released date.
RHEL targeting bare metal servers and clouds mostly, where 64k page size is supported.