> 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 possible (and easy) to check whether the CPU and installed kernel support PAE. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1068862 Title: upgrade from 12.04 to 12.10 on a sans-pae CPU leaves kernel broken To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1068862/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs