On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Alan Bartlett wrote:
On 14 April 2011 05:49, Nicolas Kovacs <i...@microlinux.fr> wrote:
Quite some familiar names around this mailing list.
Smiles.
I just discovered that the text-based version of Anaconda has been seriously
amputated in functionality. But that's probably an upstream decision.
Correct.
Plus, I wonder why I can't install SL6 on my good old Fujitsu Lifebook with
a Pentium M processor, which the installer kernel refuses to work with.
I believe that processor does not support PAE, so you are out of luck.
Again, this is a Red Hat decision. The EL6 32-bit kernel is what was a
PAE kernel for EL5. Putting it another way, the EL5 32-bit non-PAE
kernel has been dropped for EL6 and so what would known as a PAE
kernel has had that descriptor removed.
There might be a case for a drop-in replacement kernel that supports
non-PAE 32bit systems. So at least a PXE/USB installation works fine,
without the need to respin the ISO (which may be too troublesome).
Of course, that would also mean we'd have to update that non-PAE kernel as
part of that repository. If people have a clear need for this (and there
is at least one committed to support this) do speak up. It might be the
beginning of something beautiful...
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