Comment 282 for bug 930447

Thank you Brian, Chris and everyone sudodus and everyone involved.

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On Mar 3, 2014 8:55 PM, "sudodus" <email address hidden> wrote:

> ERROR: PAE is disabled on this Pentium M
> (PAE can potentially be enabled 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 your CPU
>
> -o-
>
> So I used the following modified lines in grub.cfg
>
> linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-14-generic root=UUID="string" ro
> quiet splash forcepae $vt_handoff
> initrd16 /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-14-generic
>
> and it boots and runs :-)
>
> WARNING: Forcing PAE in CPU flags
> ...
>
>
> ** Attachment added: "computer-info.zip"
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/baltix/+bug/930447/+attachment/4005394/+files/computer-info.zip
>
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> Title:
> Unable to start Ubuntu 12.04 live CD with syslinux loader on Pentium M
> x86 Laptop due to bug in PAE kernel, initramfs or syslinux
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “syslinux” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in Baltix GNU/Linux:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't start from Desktop CD or USB with syslinux boot
> loader on Pentium M 1.6Ghz or faster Pentium M CPU - displays error
> message about missing PAE feature in CPU, but *the same* *Ubuntu
> 12.04* Desktop CD/LiveUSB starts fine on *the same CPU* (and same PAE
> kernel) if GRUB boot loader is used, for example when WUBI or LiveUSB
> with GRUB boot loader, like Multisystem
> (http://liveusb.info/dotclear/index.php?pages/install ) is used!
>
> The error message is:
> "This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae.
> Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU."
>
> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT REGRESSION! People are able to install and
> successfully use Ubuntu 12.04 on such pretty new hardware, like IBM
> Thinkpad T42 laptop with Pentium M 1700Mhz processor, but the bug in
> syslinux (or something related) forbids Ubuntu 12.04 installation.
> This bug is reproducible on lots of computers, there are several log
> files and /proc/cpuinfo file attached to this bugreport, AFAIK it's enough
> to reopen this bug.
>
> ---
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: i386
> CurrentDmesg: Error: command ['sh', '-c', 'dmesg | comm -13
> --nocheck-order /var/log/dmesg -'] failed with exit code 1: comm:
> /var/log/dmesg: Permission denied
> MachineType: IBM 2373PPU
> 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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