2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/perl-install/detect_devices.pm b/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
index 0877f109a..1561fc9bb 100644
--- a/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
+++ b/perl-install/detect_devices.pm
@@ -860,8 +860,11 @@ sub BIGMEM() {
 sub is_i586() {
     my $cpuinfo = cat_('/proc/cpuinfo');
     $cpuinfo =~ /^cpu family\s*:\s*(\d+)/m && $1 < 6 ||
-      $cpuinfo !~ /^flags.*\bcmov\b/m ||
-      $cpuinfo !~ /^flags.*\bpae\b/m;
+      !has_cpu_flag('cmov');
+}
+sub has_cpu_flag {
+    my ($flag) = @_;
+    cat_('/proc/cpuinfo') =~ /^flags.*\b$flag\b/m;
 }
 
 sub matching_type {
diff --git a/perl-install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
index 4f2a983e5..3bd80fdd7 100644
--- a/perl-install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ sub bestKernelPackage {
     my @prefered_exts = 
       is_xbox() ? '-xbox' :
       detect_devices::is_i586() ? '-i586-up-1GB' :
+      !detect_devices::has_cpu_flag('pae') ? '-i686-up-4GB' :
       detect_devices::BIGMEM() ? ('-enterprise', '-smp') : 
       detect_devices::hasSMP() ? '-smp' : 
       '';