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trapanator

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From: Italy

Registered: 2009-08-10

Posts: 151

Installation on a CPU without PAE

Hi, is it possible to install ArchLinux on a system with a non-PAE cpu? (intel centrino dothan)

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Installation on a CPU without PAE

I think so. There are some threads where users mention using such hardware:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=87274
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119731

trapanator

Member

From: Italy

Registered: 2009-08-10

Posts: 151

Re: Installation on a CPU without PAE

I think so. There are some threads where users mention using such hardware:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=87274
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119731

My hardware is an ancient Dell Latitude D800 which is running Linux Mint 11 with no pae kernel. I cannot upgrade because a pae kernel is required and it can't be run on it.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Installation on a CPU without PAE

See https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/34324 - Arch Linux stock kernel doesn't have PAE enabled for the 32-bit package.