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[Stan Osborne <stan@xxxxxxx>]

Roland,

Thanks for trying.

In 2012 an Ubuntu developer made a private version of 12.04 with PAE
support, so I am still using Ubuntu with my old laptop.

The Ubuntu team has people who could fix this the right way, but as you
said, they are lazy.

Stan


On Wed, February 12, 2014 4:39 pm, roland aus köln wrote:
> bugticket closed, as ubuntu team is ignorant and will not fix this.  sad
> but true.
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/930447
>
> 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:
>   Invalid
> 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
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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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:
  Invalid
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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