Hi Nio, Bug marked Marked!! Thanks, we definitely benefit from you finding these bugs that chip away at old computers being usable. Thank you so much for pointing this out!!
On 02/17/2015 03:02 PM, Nio Wiklund wrote: > Hi Israel, > > There are problems with the Vivid mini.iso and the Lubuntu Trusty > alternate iso and Pentium M processor. I suggest that you mark that this > bug affects you too. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1422675 > > I am afraid that the alternate installer and maybe also the 32-bit > kernels get too little love from the Ubuntu developers. They might be > dropped in the next LTS (16.04). > > I'm glad that you are developing ToriOS with the OBI installer, which is > not vulnerable to this bug. When we are getting ready for Trusty (and > ToriOS 2.0?), I think there should be two alternatives for 32-bits: > phill's non-pae kernel and the standard pae kernel. And there should > also be 64-bit version. > > Best regards > Nio > > -------- Vidarebefordrat meddelande -------- > Ämne: Lubuntu 14.04.2 alternate.iso: No installable kernel was found in > the defined APT sources > Datum: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:34:48 +0100 > Från: Nio Wiklund <nio.wikl...@gmail.com> > Till: lubuntu user list <lubuntu-us...@lists.ubuntu.com>, > lubuntu...@lists.launchpad.net <lubuntu...@lists.launchpad.net>, torios > <tor...@lists.launchpad.net> > > Den 2015-02-17 12:07, Nio Wiklund skrev: >> Hi everybody, >> >> [Sorry, I missed the link in the previous mail] >> >> I iso-tested the current Vivid mini.iso (32-bit) and found a bug. >> >> No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1422675 >> _____ >> >> The minimal installer was booted with forcepae. It started nicely, but >> got stuck when preparing to download and install the kernel. >> >> No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources ... Continue >> the installation without installing a kernel? >> >> I checked if this is a PAE issue ... and yes, it is. >> >> Forcepae makes the installer work, but later on, during installation, it >> refuses to manage the [PAE] kernel. I tested, and it works in a computer >> with CPU with a built-in PAE flag. And the trusty mini.iso can install >> in the same computer, so this is a regression. >> >> I mark it as a critical bug, because it is critical for computers with >> Pentium M and Celeron M computers, that have PAE capability but lack PAE >> flag. But yes, I know, that it does not affect computers with processors >> that display a PAE flag. I have even tested that is works for such a >> computer. >> >> If you have a computer with a Pentium M or Celeron M CPU, please click >> on 'Affects me too'! >> >> Best regards >> Nio >> > > This same problem occurs during iso-testing for the point version > 14.04.2 LTS > > lubuntu-trusty-alternate-i386.iso > > This alternate iso file does not work in my computer with a Pentium M > processor. > > Best regards > Nio > > > -- Regards -Israel ToriOS Team -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios-dev Post to : torios-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
