Non-pae version of lubuntu 14.04

Thu Apr 10 17:17:52 UTC 2014

Hi Nio,

Upgrading to the non-pae is not needed. I know it works. What is needed is
'hard metal' testing. That is now required from a clean install from the
alternate ISO.

Regards,

Phill.

On 10 April 2014 18:11, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi again Phill,
>
> * This is about the system that comes with the 9w installer *
>
> I managed to update/upgrade my own build of Lubuntu Core with your
> previous non-pae kernel to today's daily build. There were some extra
> steps to do it.
>
> The system wanted to upgrade to a new pae kernel, which could not be
> completed because the system refused to do it without the pae flag (even
> when running your non-pae kernel. The result was a borked installation.
>
> So I installed fake-pae, and booted into the 'original' pae kernel
> 3.13.0.17 (while your non-pae kernel is 3.13.5 in my own build of
> Lubuntu Core.
>
> And now it could update/dist-upgrade to 3.13.0.23 and 'today's daily
> built' and the system works as it should, both with your non-pae kernel
> and with 3.13.0.23 :-)
>
> -o-
>
> Next I should upgrade to your new non-pae kernel, and I have good hope
> that it will work too.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
>
> 2014-04-10 10:53, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> > No Phill,
> >
> > There is the same error output when I try to install from a CD (that I
> > burned using k3b (which is usually successful)).
> >
> > I have been doing these tests (today) with my IBM Thinkpad T42 with a
> > Pentium M CPU with PAE capability but without a PAE flag.
> >
> > -o-
> >
> > I failed updating/upgrading my own build of Lubuntu Core with your
> > previous non-pae kernel to today's daily build. I don't think it is
> > "your kernel's fault", but due to some other packages, that might be in
> > better shape tomorrow.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Nio
> >
> > 2014-04-10 10:04, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I failed to install it via USB, neither via mkusb nor unetbootin. It
> >> stops at mounting the CD (which obviously is not there)
> >> -----
> >> Identify and mount cd-rom
> >>
> >> Error running "modprobe -v yenta_socket"
> >> -----
> >> Your install CD could not be mounted ...
> >> -----
> >> I'll try with a real CD now ...
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Nio
> >>
> >> 2014-04-10 06:50, Nio Wiklund skrev:
> >>> Hi Phill,
> >>>
> >>> I downloaded
> >>>
> >>> lubuntu-14.04-non-pae.iso   09-Apr-2014 17:14       686M
> >>>
> >>> but I cannot find the md5sum among all the packages and other files in
> >>>
> >>> md5sum.txt
> >>>
> >>> Is the following md5sum correct?
> >>>
> >>> 6fac189733224670cd78402583758f7e  lubuntu-14.04-non-pae.iso
> >>>
> >>> Please post the md5sum of the iso file, so that it can be found easily!
> >>>
> >>> Best regards
> >>> Nio
> >>>
> >>> 2014-04-09 20:46, Phill Whiteside skrev:
> >>>> Hi Nio,
> >>>>
> >>>> part way through my getting my head around re-building a kernel, the
> >>>> kernel went from #22 to #23.. I was still working out the flags
> needed,
> >>>> so my respin is #1. I now know how to change this back to the tracking
> >>>> system I want (32 bit 22 --> 122 non-pae) this will allow any user to
> >>>> check if they are running the most recent kernel and will allow
> updating
> >>>> instead of complete re-installs.
> >>>>
> >>>> You can start at lubuntu 13.10, do an system update to jump to 14.04
> >>>> pre-alpha and then simply keep updating... you will get a 14.04. I've
> >>>> varied off as I've been asked to test things and wanted to test
> things.
> >>>>
> >>>> What we need, at this stage of the Release Candidate (Thursday) is
> that
> >>>> people actually install it. The clock is ticking. Getting lubuntu
> 14.04
> >>>> is needed, I can only build a non-pae version from an official
> version.
> >>>> We do have a meeting on IRC with the boss attending..
> >>>>
> >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/IRC%20Meetings/Agenda
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards,
> >>>>
> >>>> Phill.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 9 April 2014 19:24, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com
> >>>> <mailto:nio.wiklund at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>     2014-04-09 17:44, Phill Whiteside skrev:
> >>>>     > Hi,
> >>>>     >
> >>>>     > The non-pae version of lubuntu 14.04 is now available for
> testing.
> >>>>     > Whilst it is a community release, it will be supported as an
> LTS. What
> >>>>     > is now needed is for some people with non-pae machines to check
> it
> >>>>     works
> >>>>     > okay on actual hardware... There's only so much testing that can
> >>>>     be done
> >>>>     > using virtual machines. Head over to
> http://phillw.net/isos/non-pae/
> >>>>     >
> >>>>     >  to grab the ISO. The plan is to have it shadow lubuntu
> releases (i.e.
> >>>>     > 14.04.1, 14.04.2 etc).
> >>>>     >
> >>>>     > Regards,
> >>>>     >
> >>>>     > Phill.
> >>>>     >
> >>>>     > --
> >>>>     > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
> >>>>     >
> >>>>     >
> >>>>     Hi Phill,
> >>>>
> >>>>     I'm looking forward to testing it!
> >>>>
> >>>>     What about the previous kernel? How much is actually different?
> >>>>
> >>>>     And what about the whole Lubuntu beta 2 versus beta 1? Can we
> expect
> >>>>     that it is 'continuously updatable/upgradable'?
> >>>>
> >>>>     Best regards
> >>>>     Nio
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
> --
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw
>
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