Lubuntu-13.04-fake-PAE

[Yorvyk]

On 11/05/13 04:56, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> Hi Iberê,
>
> Your Celeron M 1.2 GHz is maybe a couple of years older than my Pentium
> M with 1.7 GHz. It would be very valuable for the project to know, if
> your CPU has the PAE capability, and I think the best way to find out is
> to try. We can only guess from what we find on the internet ;-)
>
> Have you looked at
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE
>
> yet? It is still in 'beta state', the image and instruction (README)
> files reside on my google drive page. Please look at it in more detail!
>
> You need not touch your working Lubuntu 12.04. Make an install USB
> pendrive with 'grub-n-iso' (or a portable 'installed system' if you have
> a 16 GB pendrive). Just make sure you are cloning the image to the USB
> pendrive, and not to the internal HDD.
>
> I would be very happy if you can try it and report the result.
>
> When I run Lubuntu 12.04 with a non-pae kernel
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> reports 32 bits for my Pentium M,
>
> but when I run Lubuntu 13.04, it reports 36 bits physical address size.
>
> So you need the pae kernel running to get 36 bits. If you don't get 36
> bits, your celeron M 1.2 GHz has no PAE capability. At least this is
> what I understand.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
>
> On 2013-05-11 03:12, Iberê Fernandes wrote:
>> question: i have a celeron M 1.2 GHz (yes, i know it's almost 10 years
>> old) with no pae and physical address size reports 32 bits.
>>
>> will any of the methods work for me before i start poking around my
>> perfect working Lubuntu 12.04?
>>
>
You could install linux-image-generic-pae and the fake-pae patch on 
12.04 and see if it works. If it does then you can simply upgrade to the 
newer version. If not, just delete it and carry on with 12.04.




-- 
Steve