*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1160346 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1160346
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1160346
do-release-upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 on Pentium-M fails, breaks system
without any warning (This kernel does not support a non-PAE CPU)
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> a test (for PAE support) in Software Updater prior to advertising a version
> update could have been done.
I just filed bug #1160346 for this exact reason. An upgrade leaving a
broken system, after downloading 1.5GB+ of data and over 1000 new
packages, is not really acceptable when it is possibl
Christopher,
i understand the issues and am making the emotional adjustment. i was aware
of the PAE thing HOWEVER i COULD have installed xubuntu 12.04 without
any knowledge of PAE and arrived in xubuntu 12.10 as i have without even
trying.
IF i were such a naive user i'd be out on a limb, surpris
awol, thank you for reporting this and making Ubuntu better. However, if
your CPU does not support PAE, problems attempting to upgrade to a PAE
kernel are not supported. For more on this, please see the Ubuntu
Technical Board announcement https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-
devel/2012-May/035
if i had a bigger HDD i'd do the fresh install with /home on a separate
partition - then i could do future installs without having to back data
out - ho hum.
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i'm backing data out now - my remedy will be to fresh install 12.10 -
xubuntu from the mini.iso - iff that still works.
thanks be to the Flying Spaghetti Monster that the system is still
working on the old kernel.
i'll take advice on who to thank apart from tFSM.
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** Description changed:
(Reading database ... 468632 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic (from
.../linux-image-3.5.0-17-generic_3.5.0-17.28_i386.deb) ...
This kernel does not support a non-PA
** Package changed: linux-meta (Ubuntu) => linux (Ubuntu)
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Title:
upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 on a sans-pae CPU leaves kernel broken
To manage n
