On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 22:51 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > What will happen if I boot > > product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.40GHz > version: 6.13.6 > size: 1400MHz > capacity: 1400MHz > width: 32 bits > clock: 400MHz > capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep > mtrr pge mca cmov clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe up bts > > with -686-pae? Will it not boot at all? Will it run normally but with subtle > data > corruption to my files?
The kernel will always either boot or not boot (with a message from the very early loader about lack of PAE). On the system above it looks like it wouldn't boot due to lack of PAE. It will definitely not boot and the lead to subtle corruption of data or anything like that. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org