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["Ali Linx (amjjawad)" <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Don't mean to interrupt but 13.04 is using a PAE Kernel. Lubuntu 12.04 is
using a NON-PAE Kernel. So, upgrading to another release is not applicable
here.

Am I missing something? I'm totally lost now O_o


On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry, I don't understand.
>
> apt-get dist-upgrade can upgrade kernels, but the critical step is
> getting beyond 12.04 without the pae flag. So
>
> do-release-upgrade
>
> needs to be run twice to get to 13.04, which is complicated, prone to
> breakage, and time-consuming.
>
> But maybe you know of a path, that I don't know, to use
>
> apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> for this purpose.
>
>      -o-
>
> I think Lubuntu 13.04 'Raring' for Pentium M CPUs is a good alternative
> for a fresh install.
>
> But for those who have more or less personalized versions of Lubuntu
> 12.04 running, the fake-pae method is good for upgrading to new pae
> releases, so yes, it should be mentioned on the wiki :-)
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
>
> On 2013-05-01 12:55, Julien Lavergne wrote:
> > Why not just add a mention on the wiki to use fake-pae for people in
> > this case ? It seems less complicated that downloading a full version
> > of Lubuntu just for this.
> > If you are blocked by the upgrade tool, just advertise the use of
> > "apt-get dist-upgrade".
> >
> > Regards,
> > Julien Lavergne
> >
> > 2013/4/30 Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> Hi Nio,
> >>
> >> I'm okay with hosting it[1]. But you will need to write up some
> >> documentation, name it etc.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Phill.
> >> 1. http://phillw.net/isos/
> >>
> >> On 30 April 2013 20:41, Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello everybody,
> >>>
> >>> I think it will be hard to make the devs accept the small fix in the
> >>> general code of *ubuntu to make it possible to install into a computer
> >>> with Pentium M CPU. But it works with a system, that is installed in a
> >>> modern computer, and ported to the Pentium M as a USB drive or cloned
> or
> >>> rsynced to an internal hard disk drive.
> >>>
> >>> I have such a system ready for distribution, but have a few requests
> >>> before it can be uploaded and available for everybody.
> >>>
> >>> 1. Please read the attached README file and suggest changes (remove,
> >>> change or add text)!
> >>>
> >>> 2. Please suggest where to upload it! The size is 1.1 GB.
> >>>
> >>> sudodus@ssd-grund ~/test/pae4pm $ ls -lh
> >>> totalt 1,1G
> >>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 olle olle 3,0K apr 30 14:24 commands-and-output.txt
> >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 olle olle   56 apr 30 16:43 dd-restore.txt
> >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 olle olle 1,1G apr 30 20:09 dd-sdb.gz
> >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 olle olle  630 apr 30 14:55 dd-sdb.txt
> >>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 olle olle  283 apr 30 20:47 md5sums.txt
> >>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 olle olle 4,0K apr 30 20:45 README
> >>> sudodus@ssd-grund ~/test/pae4pm
> >>>
> >>> I can upload it at a private cloud service, but I think it is better if
> >>> you suggest some other place with better bandwidth.
> >>>
> >>> 3. I guess the best thing would be if you can organize a torrent (I
> >>> don't know how to do that).
> >>>
> >>> Best regards
> >>> Nio
> >>>
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