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

[Erick Brunzell]

Colin, I just realized that I created some confusion. I was trying the
non-pae mini.iso when I posted earlier.

I'll deal with errors regarding it separately after doing some research,
and taking into account that I'm testing a daily image.

I have since learned that Lubuntu will NOT rebuild with the non-pae
kernel.

I convinced BubbaJ to file bug 930447. I hope he'll take time to provide
a hardware profile.

So, AFAIK there are two options for installing Precise on hardware that
will not support pae:

(1) Upgrade from Oneiric (although I notice some bits of pae being
pulled into installed packages).

(2) Use the non-pae mini.iso (or CLI from the alternate image) but that
can be problematic.

Both of those options require fast internet so I'm not sure we're living
up to our promise to support non-pae throughout the Precise life cycle.

Since all of my hardware works fine with the pae kernel I can't do much
kernel related testing on my end, but I can certainly test installation
procedures.

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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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