Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread alan c
On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet,

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Phill Whiteside
Hi Alan, yeah, that would be great. Thanks, Phill. On 4 March 2012 14:41, alan c aecl...@candt.waitrose.com wrote: On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Andres Muniz
- Mensaje original - On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Jim Price
On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: Hiyas, Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] We need some 128Mb RAM machines [2] . These are needed for non PAE chipsets as well. We need to know if the none PAE system install actually will work. We only have one with actual hardware as yet, the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Piskie
On 04/03/12 19:56, Jim Price wrote: On 03/03/12 22:51, Phill Whiteside wrote: I have some old machines. How do I tell if they are non PAE? Try running this in a terminal sudo dmidecode |grep PAE If it has the PAE flag it'll show up I believe. regards piskie -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Jim Price
On 04/03/12 20:18, Phill Whiteside wrote: grep pae /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts The above output shows a CPU that does have PAE support. If the command returns nothing, then the CPU does

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Bruno Girin
On 04/03/12 22:23, Jim Price wrote: On 04/03/12 20:18, Phill Whiteside wrote: grep pae /proc/cpuinfo flags : fpu tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts The above output shows a CPU that does have PAE support. If the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] dig out your old computers...

2012-03-04 Thread Paul Broadhead
Phill Whiteside wrote: Yeah, for the testing of lubuntu [1] [2] I have a Thinkpad X31 that is non pae. It does have over 1GB RAM however so does not tick all your boxes. Anyhow, I download the latest lubuntu beta-1 and created a bootable USB. Unfortunately, this failed to boot with the same