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have a dell inspiron 8600 with intel mobile cpu -- need a distro that runs
kdd
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hello,
i have been using linux off and on, mostly off lately, for several years now. i have a dell inspiron with a mobile cpu that has balked at ubuntu and linux mint.
don't quite understand the error message, but it goes something like, there is a feature that the cpu or mobo or bios doesn't support.
if i remember correctly it has something to do with the kernel. yeah, i need a kernel that will support the cpu(?).
any thoughts, recommendations, etc. would be appreciated.
cheers,
kdd
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How much RAM have you got?0
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I've had good luck using both UberStudent and Antix. Look for the isos. Could send DVD with either.
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arochester wrote:How much RAM have you got?
thanks for the quick response. sorry it has taken me so long to respond.
i have an intel centrino 1.4 ghz processor and 2gb ram. i have not had a problem running linux on an older machine, but i have not used this processor before either.
the error message i received when trying to run linux mint 15 was:
cannot boot. pae not present on cpu. use a kernel appropriate for cpu.
nowthe question is: is there a current distro out there that does not need pae? and which one is it?
cheers0 -
Look at this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE
Linux Mint is derived from Ubuntu.
A number of older Pentium M processors produced around 2003-4 (the ones with 400 MHz front side bus) do not display the PAE flag, and hence a standard installation fails. However, these processors are in fact able to run the latest (and PAE-demanding) kernels if only the installation process is modified a little.0 -
arochester wrote:Look at this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE
Linux Mint is derived from Ubuntu.
A number of older Pentium M processors produced around 2003-4 (the ones with 400 MHz front side bus) do not display the PAE flag, and hence a standard installation fails. However, these processors are in fact able to run the latest (and PAE-demanding) kernels if only the installation process is modified a little.
excellent!! thanks for this. the link was extremely helpful. so much i have printed it for posterity.
also, i did install antiX. love it. so far a very user friendly disto of debian. still gathering operations info and "playing" with it. thanks for the recommendation elptuxman.
cheers0 -
AntiX packs quite a punch for an 'old pc' distro. Glad it helped you with your hardware0
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