Xubuntu 14.04 is an outstanding distro but I just want to say one last thing about Xubuntu 14.04,it's a pity that i can't install on a machine that is no PAE.
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Xubuntu 14.04 is an outstanding distro but I just want to say one last thing about Xubuntu 14.04,it's a pity that i can't install on a machine that is no PAE.
You can, and it's easy:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE
thanks but i think it doesnt work!
This is an Sony Vaio Pentium M
i put in xubuntu 14.04 in the drive and booted and it has this message on screen.
ERROR: PAE is desable on this Pentium M
(PAE can potentially be enable with Kernel parameter
"forcepae" -this is unsupported, may cause unknown
problems ,and will taint the Kernel)
This Kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU:
pae
Unable to boot -please use a Kernel Appropriate for you CPU.
The kernel parameter works for all 14.04 Buntus.
In the wiki I only mentioned Lubuntu because it's the lightest, but everything is valid for X/K/Ubuntu as well.
Please take your time to read in detail the text I posted. You will notice that the approach for 13.10 and 14.04 have not much in common.
Signing out.
No avail;i tried with lubuntu 13.10 i get the lubuntu screen, try lubuntu without install, install lubuntu, and so on,press f6 and i add the forcepae to the string and it doen't boot and says samething,
This Kernel requires the following features not present in you CPU PAE
unable to boot-please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU
I am helping out a few people with migrating from Windows XP to Ubuntu (mostly Lubuntu). On one machine, a Dell Latitude D505 (Celeron procerssor), I was also given the PAE error message when booting with Lubuntu 14.04 Beta 2:
(PAE can potentially be enable with Kernel parameter
"forcepae" -this is unsupported, may cause unknown
problems ,and will taint the Kernel)
Trying booting with the forcepae option resolved this, and I am just about to go ahead and install this early Lubuntu 14.04 as replacement for Windows XP (before Tuesday).
But given I use this workaround that will "...taint the Kernel...", I feel slightly uncomfortable about how this will work when 14.04 is being updated. What happens when kernel updates are pushed out? Do I need to be concerned when handing this machine over with this installation? Is the option simply only needed during initial installation and never during updates (especially of the kernel)?
I don't know what tainted means in this context, but I have not experienced anything strange.
The forcepae boot options sticks through kernel updates. You only have to set it once.