Here is a thought you install Lubuntu desktop i386 from live CD or USB then
install ubuntu-desktop ..
You will get the non-pae and then get the Ubuntu Desktop your family uses.
nm_geo Greg

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:37 PM, BubbaJ <email address hidden> wrote:

> While it is interesting that there is a method to install a non-pae
> Precise distro (aka Lubuntu and Xubuntu), this bug was filed to report
> the fact that it is not possible to install "Ubuntu 12.04". I am
> personally not interested in installing other Precise variants as it
> would mean that my family, who currently use "Ubuntu 11.10", would have
> to learn to use a different desktop UI and base applications. I do not
> view installing other Ubuntu variants as a viable resolution to this
> bug. We should probably be consistent to communicate only alternatives
> that are related to "Ubuntu" specifically.
>
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>
> Title:
>  Unable to Install Ubuntu 12.04 on Pentium M x86 Laptop due to PAE
>  kernel
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
>  Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
>  I recently downloaded and built a live usb of the latest 12.04 daily
>  build iso for i386 hardware using the following link address:
>  http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/precise-desktop-i386.iso.
>  I was not able to boot from the live usb due to the incompatibility of
>  the linux kernel on the 12.04 iso and my Pentium M laptop hardware.
>
>  The error message I received is as follows: "This kernel requires the
>  following features not present on the CPU: pae. Unable to boot -
>  please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU." I expected that I would
>  be able to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my IBM Thinkpad T42 laptop that has
>  a Pentium M processor, 1700Mhz processor. The root cause of the issue
>  appears to be that the default kernel bundled in the current daily
>  build i386 iso is the generic-pae kernel. It's my understanding that
>  the generic-pae kernel cannot be installed on cpu hardware that does
>  not support pae.
>
>  I have been using Ubuntu since 10.10. I have been able to install 10.10,
> 11.04, and 11.10 on my Thinkpad without issue. My understanding of the
> December Tech Board kernel meeting is that the non-pae kernel will be
> supported until 12.10. If that's the case, there should be a version of the
> Ubuntu 12.04 iso available for download that can be loaded on non-pae
> hardware.
>  ---
>  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
>  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
>  Architecture: i386
>  AudioDevicesInUse:
>   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>   /dev/snd/controlC0:  debbie     9252 F.... pulseaudio
>  Card0.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:0 'I82801DBICH4'/'Intel 82801DB-ICH4 with AD1981B at irq 11'
>     Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
>     Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
>     Controls      : 26
>     Simple ctrls  : 18
>  Card29.Amixer.info:
>   Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30,
> fw 1RHT71WW-3.04'
>     Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 1RHT71WW-3.04'
>     Components : ''
>     Controls      : 2
>     Simple ctrls  : 1
>  Card29.Amixer.values:
>   Simple mixer control 'Console',0
>     Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined penum
>     Playback channels: Mono
>     Limits: Playback 0 - 14
>     Mono: Playback 3 [21%] [on]
>  CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13
> --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm:
> /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
>  MachineType: IBM 2373PPU
>  Package: linux (not installed)
>  PccardctlIdent:
>   Socket 0:
>     no product info available
>   Socket 1:
>     no product info available
>  PccardctlStatus:
>   Socket 0:
>     no card
>   Socket 1:
>     no card
>  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-15-generic
> root=UUID=8e82110c-928a-47f7-ba15-e767a29d933e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-15.26-generic 3.0.13
>  Tags:  oneiric running-unity
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-15-generic i686
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-24 (18 days ago)
>  UserGroups:
>
>  dmi.bios.date: 06/18/2007
>  dmi.bios.vendor: IBM
>  dmi.bios.version: 1RETDRWW (3.23 )
>  dmi.board.name: 2373PPU
>  dmi.board.vendor: IBM
>  dmi.board.version: Not Available
>  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
>  dmi.chassis.type: 10
>  dmi.chassis.vendor: IBM
>  dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
>  dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnIBM:bvr1RETDRWW(3.23):bd06/18/2007:svnIBM:pn2373PPU:pvrThinkPadT42:rvnIBM:rn2373PPU:rvrNotAvailable:cvnIBM:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
>  dmi.product.name: 2373PPU
>  dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T42
>  dmi.sys.vendor: IBM
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