Comment 14 for bug 897786

Ok, I guess I must just be a simple person, but would it be too difficult to build two separate image files, one with PAE and one with non-PAE kernel?

All of the forum posts and developer notes from the recent tech board are confusing. From what I understand, in the December meeting the tech board reversed their recommendation and agreed to support the non-PAE kernel until 12.10. I guess I must just be slow to grasp what's going on. If the decision was to support non-PAE, then why is there currently no way to install a non-PAE version of 12.04.

Seems like someone should be able to clear up the confusion. Why say that there is support if you can't do a fresh install of a 12.04 image with a non-PAE kernel?

I'm coming from the user side, who is somewhat technical. If I'm confused, then you can bet that the casual user will be more confused. Enough probably to pursue other alternatives. Never having used the mini.iso route to build a system, it sounds like it could be used to build a non-PAE kernel system, but is not the same user experience as installing from a full iso image. Is that correct? Is that what the board meant by "support"?