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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 2016-02-01 kl. 16:29, skrev Israel:
> 
> Hi Nio
> (inlines)
> 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
> 
> 

Hi again,

See the attached files with output from

uname -a

(I see the difference with free -m too.)

Best regards
Nio

Linux torios 3.16.0-4-586 #1 Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 (2016-01-17) i686 GNU/Linux

Linux torios 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 (2016-01-17) i686 GNU/Linux