----- Original Message ----- From: Jon Sent: 04/15/11 11:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SL vs. RPMForge repo
It appears that not all Pentium M CPUs are created equal. I have SL6 installed in a dual boot config w/WinXP on my Dell Latitude D610 w/a Pentium M, 1.86GHz (x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 8). A check with Auslogics' System Information analyzer indicates that it supports PAE. If the limitations of the current 32-bit kernel are spelled out and posted, at least folks would have a heads up for potential roadblocks. -- Jon On 14 Apr 2011 at 19:50, Phil Schaffner wrote: [snip] > My non-PAE-capable IBM T42p Pentium-M laptop is dead ATM from a fan > failure, but the possibility of a compatible SL6 release might prompt > me to resurrect it. Part of the reason I have not bothered to hack the > hardware is the upstream decision to drop support for non-PAE 32-bit > systems. > > As a matter of principle I heartily endorse the idea. There is a lot > of functional hardware out there that does not do PAE, but still has life > left in it. > > Phil In looking into the background of non-pae c pu's this seems an issue for mobile processors Pentium M based 400mhz FSB and before. One wouldn't think that there were this many devices out there still kicking, but I guess I am wrong. --- Dan :w! saves
