[Bug 601192] [NEW] linux-image-virtual installs PAE kernel instead

[Herco van Brug]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-image-virtual

'apt-get install linux-kernel-virtual' produces the following output:

Unpacking linux-image-virtual (from .../linux-image-virtual_2.6.32.23.24_i386.deb) ...
Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-23-virtual (2.6.32-23.37) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub.
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Ubuntu 9.10 (9.10) on /dev/sda1
done
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 2.6.32-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 2.6.32-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 2.6.32-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae

Setting up linux-image-virtual (2.6.32.23.24) ...
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and /boot show this:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  640617 2010-06-04 03:56 abi-2.6.32-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  651618 2010-06-11 14:53 abi-2.6.32-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  115847 2010-06-04 03:56 config-2.6.32-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  115905 2010-06-11 14:53 config-2.6.32-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  116360 2010-06-11 15:17 config-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    4096 2010-07-02 22:30 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7963148 2010-06-11 00:58 initrd.img-2.6.32-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7968349 2010-06-16 01:27 initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3918606 2010-07-02 22:29 initrd.img-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  160280 2010-03-23 10:37 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1687378 2010-06-04 03:56 System.map-2.6.32-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1688811 2010-06-11 14:53 System.map-2.6.32-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1729947 2010-06-11 15:17 System.map-2.6.32-23-generic-pae
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    1196 2010-06-04 03:58 vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    1196 2010-06-11 14:56 vmcoreinfo-2.6.32-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4030048 2010-06-04 03:56 vmlinuz-2.6.32-22-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4031552 2010-06-11 14:53 vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4164704 2010-06-11 15:17 vmlinuz-2.6.32-23-generic-pae

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so instead of a 1MB virtual kernel i'm left with a huge generic PAE
kernel that i dont need in my VM.

** Affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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linux-image-virtual installs PAE kernel instead
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