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# Kexec on Systems with Limited RAM

When working with nixos-anywhere on systems with limited RAM (around 1GB), you
can use the `--no-disko-deps` option to reduce memory usage during installation.
can:

## How it works
* use the `--no-disko-deps` option to reduce memory usage during installation.
* ensure the disk has a swap partition
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I am not too happy with this exact wording. It also seems to contradict with your commit message a little.

To me

ensure the disk has a swap partition

Reads like you need to have a swap partition, not that a swap partition might or will help.
It also can be read as --no-disko-deps requires a swap partition.


## How `--no-disko-deps` works

The `--no-disko-deps` option uploads only the disko partitioning script without
including its dependencies. This significantly reduces memory usage because:
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