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  1. Bug #930447
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 930447

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote : Re: Unable to Install Ubuntu 12.04 on Pentium M x86 Laptop due to PAE kernel

Has anyone who had failures to boot precise pangolin in the past because of pae tried lately? Here's my results today:

jerry@ThinkPad-T40:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.2.0-16-generic-pae (buildd@zirconium) (gcc version 4.6.2 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.2-14ubuntu1) ) #25-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 14 04:00:45 UTC 2012

Installed from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/da...sktop-i386.iso

precise-desktop-i386.iso 14-Feb-2012 17:25 554M Desktop CD for PC (Intel x86) computers (standard download)

jerry@ThinkPad-T40:~$ grep PAE /boot/config-3.2.0-16-generic-pae
CONFIG_X86_PAE=y

model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe up bts est tm2

synaptic crash on reloading after adding partners to repositories, launchpad bug report started.

Otherwise running fine, removed chromium, added firefox & flash, ... usual install goodies.

Jerry