On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 02:12:27PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: >Package: debian-cd > >(Not sure which version is actually used for squeeze.) > >On i386 machines with RAM above the 4GB physical address, either PAE or >LM (Long Mode, 64-bit) must be used to access that RAM. The preferred >kernel flavour is '686-bigmem', with 'amd64' also being an option. > >However the amd64 flavour is on DVD 1 but the 686-bigmem flavour is on >DVD 2. This means a single-DVD install with no network access will get >the amd64 flavour if the system supports LM and the 686 flavour if it >does not. The former is somewhat undesirable as third-party installers >(and users) can get confused by a 64-bit kernel with 32-bit userland. >The latter is extremely undesirable as some RAM is then inaccessible. > >Similarly the amd64 flavour is currently on CD 5 but the 686-bigmem >flavour is on CD 10. The 686-bigmem flavour should be increased in >priority, certainly above the amd64 flavour, and should ideally be on CD >1 or 2 (but I realise that there is tough competition for CD 1).
I've added linux-image-686-bigmem to tasks/squeeze/interesting-fromcd23, which means that the -bigmem kernels will get pulled in before packages from popcon. A test build looks good, and I've back-ported the fix back to the squeeze branch of debian-cd so that 6.0.2 should be correct. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110430222202.gc13...@einval.com