On 29 November 2013 16:22, Andy Whitcroft <a...@canonical.com> wrote: > For clarity the error referred to in this bug is emitted by the kernel > from its 16bit entry point. The same check is not made when booted via > its 32bit entry point. This is arguably a bug, the kernel should check > and refuse to run when required features are not present. In this case > the main issue is that some PAE capable CPUs do not correctly list this > in their CPUID capability bits. The logical fix is to fake the PAE bit > for those cpus, through a whitelist. >
A whitelist of some CPUIDs is collected here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu-fake-PAE#Test (first table). There might be more. Regards, Dmitrijs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/930447 Title: Unable to start Ubuntu 12.04 live CD with syslinux loader on Pentium M x86 Laptop due to bug in PAE kernel, initramfs or syslinux To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/930447/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
