Comment 212 for bug 930447

i did a comparison of the installer`s kernel .config with the kernel .config of my working system - and they appear nearly identical:

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< # Linux/i386 3.11.0-12-generic Kernel Configuration
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> # Linux/i386 3.11.0-13-generic Kernel Configuration
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< CONFIG_VERSION_SIGNATURE="Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3"
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> CONFIG_VERSION_SIGNATURE="Ubuntu 3.11.0-13.20-generic 3.11.6"
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< CONFIG_USB_OTG=y
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> # CONFIG_USB_OTG is not set
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< CONFIG_USB_ZERO_HNPTEST=y
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> CONFIG_DM_RAID45=m

so i would confirm the suspicion that the problem must be related to the bootloader somehow.

but the question is if syslinux makes the kernel fail boot or if grub has something "inside" which avoids the kernel fail to boot.

if PAE cpu flag is not available in some processor`s CPUID, i wonder why the kernel can boot. does linux kernel not check for cpu flags and does it detect pae capability differently (i.e. more reliable?)