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[Israel <israeldahl@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/16/2016 10:32 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> ..
> > Hi George,
> >
> > I think this is difficult to scan the computer like you want unless you
> > provide the most primitive version (non-pae), and it is probably the
> > reason why it is not implemented already i Ubuntu.
> >
> > Does this mean that you want to keep the non-pae live system in all
> > future versions of ToriOS? I think it is enough in one of the future
> > versions (Debian).
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio

Hi all,
This is correct.  If you have a non pae CPU the ISO will not work at all.
The one button installer (OBI) does scan the computer and let the user 
know they can use a PAE kernel.

Debian has a non-pae kernel (the i586 kernel) and a pae kernel (i686) 
and Jessie is supported until 2020 IIRC.
This solves all the PAE issues I can think of, as by 2020 most of those 
computers not supporting PAE will have other issues (CPU is too slow to 
do much of anything on the internet, not enough RAM is possible to use 
most programs, etc..)
I think the Debian version will be a good enough fallback for our users.
The next version of Debian may very well have the i586 kernel as well, 
and then can continue support.

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Regards