On 14 May 2013 13:34, J Fernyhough <j.fernyho...@gmail.com> wrote: > The C3 doesn't have PAE support [1]. This means the more recent > kernels (IIRC quantal and up) won't boot as their config has PAE as a > requirement. You'll either need to compile your own, or use a distro > that retains support for those older non-PAE chips. > > Jonathon > > [1] From > http://datasheets.chipdb.org/VIA/Nehemiah/VIA%20C3%20Nehemiah%20Datasheet%20R113.pdf > , page 2-12 (24?): > > "Physical Address Extensions: PAE > This function is omitted since the target market for the VIA C3 > Nehemiah processor is portables and typical desktop systems. These > systems do not use 2 MB paging and have greater than 4 GB of system > memory."
If it *is* /just/ PAE that is the issue, then non-PAE CPUs were supported in the mainline distro until 11.10 and could be installed with 12.04 using the mini-netboot ISO followed by a manual install of the desktop environment: apt-get install ubuntu-desktop -y apt-get install lubuntu-desktop -y apt-get install xubuntu-desktop -y ... etc. N.B. that Lubuntu 12.04 is *not* an LTS release. However, if the Via C3 has other issues as well as PAE support, this may not be enough. If you are running 12.04 successfully and want to /upgrade/ to a newer release, you can do this using a small tweak that fakes PAE support: https://launchpad.net/~prof7bit/+archive/fake-pae I have tested this successfully with Lubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 on an IBM Thinkpad X31 with a 1.7GHz Pentium-M CPU, which is more than fast enough to run Lubuntu very well but lacks PAE. (It is *considerably* quicker than an Atom CPU of equivalent MHz which has PAE.) -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
