[solved] How to boot uPupBB32 in an old laptop w/out PAE?
Posted: Wed 13 May 2020, 10:16
for info/help: See these links http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 0&t=117939
See also: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 0&t=113891
The first link deals directly with 'forcePAE'. The second link deals with editing the boot-loader. Thanks to big-pup and others for the postings below.
Hello All.
Pls read the subject line and subject description.
First - the instruction is forcepae, not forcePAE, but uppercase enhances readability.
OK - in brief When I boot uPupBB32 on a Dell Inspiron 8600 I get an error message reminding me the Intel Mobile Pentium lacks PAE. It says I can use forcepae but there is a risk. The booting process stalls. Since the 8600 has only 2GiB of RAM I don't anticipate a problem. Same thumb drive boots a Pentium 4.
This forum also mentions the forcePAE instruction, but I am unclear about how/where to add this command.
Again, videos on you-tube demonstrate how to add forcePAE to the boot process, but my laptop config. does not match the config in the you-tube demo.
Some links on the forum (about forcePAE) are also broken.
Can anyone here point to info that will allow me to add this instruction?
Ditto for a 32bit Bionic Beaver that includes the forcePAE instruction.
Any help about how/where/why the forcePAE instruction should be done would be appreciated.
Leslie
Hardware: The laptop with the problem: Dell 8600 with Intel mobile Pentium Has SSE2 capability. 2GiB RAM. Boots nicely with Tahr-pup.
See also: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 0&t=113891
The first link deals directly with 'forcePAE'. The second link deals with editing the boot-loader. Thanks to big-pup and others for the postings below.
Hello All.
Pls read the subject line and subject description.
First - the instruction is forcepae, not forcePAE, but uppercase enhances readability.
OK - in brief When I boot uPupBB32 on a Dell Inspiron 8600 I get an error message reminding me the Intel Mobile Pentium lacks PAE. It says I can use forcepae but there is a risk. The booting process stalls. Since the 8600 has only 2GiB of RAM I don't anticipate a problem. Same thumb drive boots a Pentium 4.
This forum also mentions the forcePAE instruction, but I am unclear about how/where to add this command.
Again, videos on you-tube demonstrate how to add forcePAE to the boot process, but my laptop config. does not match the config in the you-tube demo.
Some links on the forum (about forcePAE) are also broken.
Can anyone here point to info that will allow me to add this instruction?
Ditto for a 32bit Bionic Beaver that includes the forcePAE instruction.
Any help about how/where/why the forcePAE instruction should be done would be appreciated.
Leslie
Hardware: The laptop with the problem: Dell 8600 with Intel mobile Pentium Has SSE2 capability. 2GiB RAM. Boots nicely with Tahr-pup.