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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel,

There are problems with the Vivid mini.iso and the Lubuntu Trusty
alternate iso and Pentium M processor. I suggest that you mark that this
bug affects you too.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1422675

I am afraid that the alternate installer and maybe also the 32-bit
kernels get too little love from the Ubuntu developers. They might be
dropped in the next LTS (16.04).

I'm glad that you are developing ToriOS with the OBI installer, which is
not vulnerable to this bug. When we are getting ready for Trusty (and
ToriOS 2.0?), I think there should be two alternatives for 32-bits:
phill's non-pae kernel and the standard pae kernel. And there should
also be 64-bit version.

Best regards
Nio

-------- Vidarebefordrat meddelande --------
Ämne: Lubuntu 14.04.2 alternate.iso: No installable kernel was found in
the defined APT sources
Datum: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:34:48 +0100
Från: Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>
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Den 2015-02-17 12:07, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> [Sorry, I missed the link in the previous mail]
> 
> I iso-tested the current Vivid mini.iso (32-bit) and found a bug.
> 
> No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1422675
> _____
> 
> The minimal installer was booted with forcepae. It started nicely, but
> got stuck when preparing to download and install the kernel.
> 
> No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources ... Continue
> the installation without installing a kernel?
> 
> I checked if this is a PAE issue ... and yes, it is.
> 
> Forcepae makes the installer work, but later on, during installation, it
> refuses to manage the [PAE] kernel. I tested, and it works in a computer
> with CPU with a built-in PAE flag. And the trusty mini.iso can install
> in the same computer, so this is a regression.
> 
> I mark it as a critical bug, because it is critical for computers with
> Pentium M and Celeron M computers, that have PAE capability but lack PAE
> flag. But yes, I know, that it does not affect computers with processors
> that display a PAE flag. I have even tested that is works for such a
> computer.
> 
> If you have a computer with a Pentium M or Celeron M CPU, please click
> on 'Affects me too'!
> 
> Best regards
> Nio
> 


This same problem occurs during iso-testing for the point version
14.04.2 LTS

lubuntu-trusty-alternate-i386.iso

This alternate iso file does not work in my computer with a Pentium M
processor.

Best regards
Nio