On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 08:56:33PM -0700, Geza Kovacs wrote: > Rather than shipping both kernels on the Live CD, wouldn't it be more > space-efficient to ship just the baseline legacy kernel on the CD, then > have an empty linux-generic dummy package with a low version number (not > the actual kernel) be installed if PAE is supported and there is > 4 GB > RAM; that way the PAE kernel will be automatically downloaded and made > default upon the next system update (or if internet access is available, > as part of d-i's post-install stage)?
Firstly, that's pretty weird. :-) Secondly, it has the problem that you get automatically switched to an entirely different kernel flavour on your first update after reboot, which means that you could install, think "aha, excellent, it supports all my hardware", and then discover that the first update toasts your system. While obviously any situation where a kernel fails to work is bad, in many ways it's much worse when it happens on upgrade after you've done lots of work on a computer than when it happens on a fresh install. It's much better to install actual real packages, one way or another. -- Colin Watson [[email protected]] -- Ubuntu-installer mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-installer
