Thanks for your advice, and thanks for the tip that a 4GB stick is actually enough.
I was overseas, and my exam is planned early next week. I'm now back and I have verified that:
- My old image that required only 4GB of memory is not accepted anymore by the compatibility check ("you need to use the latest image").
- The latest image doesn't fully load on my system that has only 4GB of memory. It fails halfway during loading to memory.
I will try to borrow a new PC this week-end.
@PetrCihlar Can I ask why you are blocking the old image to function? I can understand that you don't want to maintain it anymore, that's fair. But why purposely block it? 8GB memory as a requirement is a major gap, as it completely discards all 32 bits architectures that previously worked well. I took 5 exams last year on my 32 bit 4GB ram PC, and the experience was great.
If I may, I'd suggest Red Hat commit to a certain life cycle, like "Image xxx will be supported until yy/zzzz". Otherwise, it's like asking us to purchase a computer to take a remote exam, without any visibility on how long that configuration will work.
I understand that remote exams are something that didn't exist before Covid, and that it's still better than nothing. True. Yet it doesn't mean that you cannot treat Remote Exams as a proper product and aim at a high customer satisfaction around it.
I have taken 20+ Red Hat exams so far (140-125-816), but sadly I will probably stop after this one if I have no choice but to either purchase a new computer or take my exam at an exam center.
