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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio,
Bug marked Marked!!

Thanks, we definitely benefit from you finding these bugs that chip away
at old computers being usable.  Thank you so much for pointing this out!!

On 02/17/2015 03:02 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> 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>
> Till: lubuntu user list <Lubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <lubuntu-qa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, torios
> <torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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
>
>
>


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Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team