PAE-kernel? I have a dilemma.
I have this old Compaq NX 6110 laptop that I've been using for the past many years for BackTrack. I've upgraded the RAM to 1 gig and it worked quite nicely and responsive after disabling most of the KDE desktop effects. Recently I saw the Kali release announcement and decided to give it a go. I have not yet performed the installation, but the installer seemed to work fine while testing it. So I decided to try the live image instead and was greeted by this message:
Quote:
This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU:
pae
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.
So now I have a dilemma, what do I do?
Can I still somehow run Kali on this old piece of junk? I.e. is there a supported non-pae kernel available in the repos?
Or do I simply go and purchase a newer laptop?
~Shat
Same dilemma. PAE-kernel?
Quote:
Originally Posted by
muts
You could probably use live-build to create a kali iso with a "normal" 486 kernel.
root@kali:~# apt-cache search linux-image-3.7
...
linux-image-3.7-trunk-486 - Linux 3.7 for older PCs
linux-image-3.7-trunk-686-pae - Linux 3.7 for modern PCs
I haven't tried this yet, but see no reason it shouldn't work.
If I run a Live Kali on a non-PAE CPU, what you wil think it wil happening? I think it will not run. Any other ideas?