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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel and Jack,

An alternative to several iso files ... is to ship a script or two (with
dialog or zenity interface) so that the end users can add/upgrade
kernels if they wish. But if there are problems with drivers in the 3.2
system, it is better to offer separate iso files.

I think it would be a good idea for people to keep this current version
and test it in computers of various age, for example with newer wifi and
more than 2 GB RAM. I agree that the main version should be based on the
3.2 kernel (non-pae or pae with fake-pae installed).

Maybe you can get an interesting discussion about it next Saturday
meeting:-)

Best regards
Nio

Den 2015-03-25 16:02, Israel skrev:
> Hi,
> Ok, now I see why this is broken :)
> I think I will simply go back to the working configuration beforehand.
> 
> On 03/25/2015 09:50 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> Yes, this is correct:
>>
>> You need either a tarball with several kernels or several tarballs.
>> Several kernels will probably make the tarball oversized for CD, but OK
>> for DVD and USB. Several tarballs means several iso files.
>>
>>
>> 1. non-pae kernel version 3.2 (precise kernel)
>>
>> Good for really old computers
>>
>>
>> 2. pae kernel version 3.2 (precise kernel)
>>
>> Good for most 32-bit systems (including Pentium M and Celeron M, if you
>> install fake-pae into the tarball). Can use more than 2 GB RAM much
>> better than non-pae. Example: In my Toshiba with Intel i5 the pae kernel
>> can use all 4 GB RAM (which is not the case with the non-pae kernel).
>>
>>
>> 3. pae kernel version 3.13 (trusty kernel in 12.04.5 LTS)
>>
>> Good for newer hardware, because the newer kernel brings newer drivers.
>> Example: In my Toshiba with Intel i5 the wifi works out of the box (it
>> finds wifi routers and shows them in nm-applet).
>>
>> -o-
>>
>> I think it is a good idea to upload more than one iso file and later on
>> also separate tarballs.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
>>
>> Den 2015-03-25 15:28, Israel skrev:
>>> Hi Jack,
>>> This is very odd.  I did upgrade to the trusty kernel stack (12.04.5) so
>>> maybe this is the problem?
>>> Maybe I should downgrade, as there is maybe no non-pae ported backward?
>>> @Nio do you know about this?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 03/25/2015 09:22 AM, Cinque Port Computers wrote:
>>>> LiveCD worked okay...fails wanting PAE when booting the installed system.
>>>>
>>>> JackT.
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx; israel@xxxxxxxxxx; torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> CC: jackt@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: RE: [Torios] ISO
>>>> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:20:03 +0000
>>>>
>>>> Israel,
>>>>
>>>> In VB the kernel seems to want PAE...see attached...I'm testing with
>>>> no PAE...latest ISO.
>>>>
>>>> JackT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 14:53:37 +0100
>>>>> From: nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> To: israel@xxxxxxxxxx; torios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Torios] ISO
>>>>>
>>>>> Den 2015-03-25 14:01, Israel skrev:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> sorry this current ISO is oversized, so I will have to be
>>>> rebuilding it
>>>>>> again.
>>>>>> Feel free to zsync and test the new version!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Israel and all other toriosadores,
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it is within CD size while below 700 Mibibytes, as shown by
>>>>>
>>>>> $ ls -lh ToriOS-beta.iso
>>>>> -rw------- 1 nio nio 683M mar 25 05:19 ToriOS-beta.iso
>>>>>
>>>>> $ md5sum ToriOS-beta.iso
>>>>> de6ed99b79b97f66ef287522eeb8530d ToriOS-beta.iso
>>>>>
>>>>> (zsync will check the download.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Let us enjoy testing this new version now :-P
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> Nio
>>>>>
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>>> -- 
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> -Israel
>>> ToriOS Team
>>>
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