Ollama throwing warning when trying to use smaller local AI model with DSH
I'm trying to set up DSH with a smaller local AI model (~8b) as the 'brain'. Reason being my GPU has only 11GB of VRAM. I've tried several different models and in every case when I try to launch DSH from Ollama (with command 'ollama launch dsh --model llama3.1:8b' for instance) Ollama gives me a warning 'llama3.1:8b does not work well with DeepSeek Harness'. It then gives me options to 'launch anyway' or 'pick another model' (see attached image).
Does anyone know of any smaller local models for which Ollama will not throw this warning. Is it possible it's some glitch in Ollama that causes it to throw the warning and the models actually work fine with DSH?
Posted Aug 21, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC
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