[Bug 897786] Re: Kernel is dropping non-PAE flavour

[Stéphane Graber]

Regarding using mini.iso as a live media, no that won't work as mini.iso
is a minimal debian-install images similar to what you'd load from a
tftp server for a netinstall.

I don't think it's possible to test Ubuntu 12.04 on a non-PAE machine
using a live media at this point, at least I couldn't find any image
where the non-PAE kernel is listed in the manifest. Colin will probably
correct me here if I'm wrong.

It'd probably be interesting for you to talk to the Xubuntu and Lubuntu
folks who may target more the hardware that's old enough to miss PAE
support and see if they'd consider changing their default kernel to the
non-PAE variant.

I guess it wouldn't be impossible to ship both kernels on the DVD image
(that's meant to be put on a USB stick) but would likely require some
work in ubiquity to remove the right kernel and in gfxboot to show the
option to the user, I doubt this will happen before the FeatureFreeze
which is on the 16th of February.

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Title:
  Kernel is dropping non-PAE flavour

Status in Ubuntu CD image build software:
  Fix Released
Status in “base-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux-meta” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “live-build” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “base-installer” source package in Precise:
  Invalid
Status in “debian-installer” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “linux” source package in Precise:
  Won't Fix
Status in “linux-meta” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “live-build” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “base-installer” source package in q-series:
  Invalid
Status in “debian-installer” source package in q-series:
  Triaged
Status in “linux” source package in q-series:
  In Progress
Status in “linux-meta” source package in q-series:
  New
Status in “live-build” source package in q-series:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Dropping the non-PAE ia32 kernel flavour has knock-on effects for
  installers.

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