[aklug] Re: greetings

I can't imagine it being unsafe to try forcing pae as described in this
article. It'll work or it won't, it's not like it will blow something up.

On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 5:45 PM, Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com> wrote:

> I looked it up out of curiosity. I had forgotten that pae is a processor
> feature (flag). It's been in nearly all processors since the mid-90s so
> most distros have quit bothering to make non-pae kernels. Debian stopped at
> 12.04.
>
> There are some intel pentium M processors from about 2004-5 (banias) that
> don't show the pae flag but apparently have the pae features. This seems to
> have started the forcepae boot switch thing.
>
> You don't actually say what you have or how old it is, but you might want
> to look at this:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE
>
>
> Jim Gribbin
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:50 AM Robert Halverson <rahalver@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Jim,
>> I appreciate it. I am having difficulty with an older laptop. When I
>> try to put 14.04 on it, there is pae issue. Internet wisdom says I can
>> force it, but not sure if safe, and still trying to figure out how to do
>> it. Any experience with that?
>> Rob
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Jim Gribbin <jimgribbin@gmail.com>
>> *To:* Robert Halverson <rahalver@yahoo.com>; "aklug@aklug.org" <
>> aklug@aklug.org>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, July 23, 2016 4:03 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [aklug] greetings
>>
>> Sorry about nobody being at Hiland Tech Friday. The school district did
>> some remodeling that included changing the locks and we haven't been able
>> to get a current key.
>>
>> I don't have any Debian based distributions so I can't help there, but
>> there is likely someone on the list that can.
>>
>> *Jim Gribbin*
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 23, 2016 at 3:47 PM Robert Halverson <rahalver@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello AKLUG,
>> I am new to the system.
>> I came to the meeting on Northern Lights yesterday. Including me there
>> was one person in attendance.
>> We came from Taiwan, and are visiting my parents now in Anchorage.
>> Questions:
>> I am looking for an iso for a netbook that already has xp on it. I am
>> trying to avoid systemd, and like xubuntu 14.04.
>> I have version 4 on a flashdrive but it does not seem to work, so maybe
>> version 1 (14.04.1?) would be good enough to get started.
>> I will get a usb flash drive if someone can help me put an iso on it.
>> I am also looking for a used laptop. It can really be just about
>> anything. I will probably put 14.04 on it, and try Devuan.
>> My email is rahalver@yahoo.com
>> Phone is 847-246-2542.
>> Thank you,
>> Rob Halverson
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

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