Re: PAE kernels on old P4's (WAS Re: Latest update borks)

[Frank McCormick <debianlist@videotron.ca>]

On 06/03/12 05:06 PM, Jari Fredriksson wrote:
> 6.3.2012 23:28, Weaver kirjoitti:
>
> > > > > >    The 3.0 series  PAE kernels won't run on this machine...
> >
> > Yes they do.
> > I'm currently running 686 PAE 3.2.7-1 on a Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz machine -
> > this one - on a separate install.
> > Qualifying remark - no gui, but it runs just fine.
> > I don't need that capability on this processor, but it defaults to what's
> > required.
> > Regards,
> >
> > Weaver.
>
> I confirm this. I have a router with 686 Ubuntu Server with the 3.0
> kernel. Runs fine.
>
> ~$ uname -a
> Linux tempest 3.0.0-16-generic-pae #28-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 27 19:24:01
> UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

So can I...now:

frank@sid:~$ uname -a
Linux sid.dummy.org 3.2.0-2-686-pae #1 SMP Mon Mar 5 01:59:18 UTC 2012 
i686 GNU/Linux

  See my reply to Weaver.

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Cheers
Frank