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[Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nio
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On 02/01/2016 09:24 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Den 2016-02-01 kl. 15:45, skrev Israel:
>> On 02/01/2016 12:43 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> ...
> Hi Israel,
> I think we are misunderstanding each other. I read your previous
> description such that ToriOS fails to install the PAE kernel. Now I
> think you write that only the progress indicator fails, which is a much
> smaller issue.
Yes it is :)
> Trying again, I get the oscillating indicator 'Installing PAE kernel'.
>
> Maybe a kernel was installed, but in that case it is the same non-pae
> kernel. After installation I have only a non-pae kernel in the installed
> system :-(
What exactly does uname -a produce?
I have tried this before and gotten the 686 kernel.
Maybe I caused an issue when I tried to fix the indicator
> The other installed systems are not found. (They are found when running
> sudo update-grub in the installed system. This problem occurs sometimes,
> but not always, maybe when I have tried to install a PAE kernel as part
> of the installer script.)
I wonder what is causing this...
I will look into this more
> And as I wrote earlier,
>
> sudo apt-get install linux-image-686-pae
yes I use
KERNEL=(linux-base linux-image-686-pae linux-headers-686-pae)
though the headers are probably not needed.... I think it is good to
include them if the user needs a special graphics driver later.... which
is more likely on a newer computer.
> will install the PAE kernel into the installed system (after booting
> into it).
>
> -o-
>
> There is a real problem with the non-pae kernel: It does not manage the
> RAM correctly when there is more than 2 GB (RAM). Many ageing computers
> have 3 or 4 GB RAM nowadays and we can expect that several people will
> test ToriOS in such computers.
Indeed, I fully agree!!
> -o-
>
> Let us hope you get a good response at the Numix forum.
Me too!
> Best regards
> Nio


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