[SOLVED] Slackware 14.0 (32) installation problems an old Thinkpad

Ian John Locke II · 01-01-2013, 04:12 PM

I went to install Slack 14 on an old IBM Thinkpad R51 (can't remember the year) and just running the default kernel gives me a error about the CPU not having PAE. I understand what PAE is, does, etc, but I'm not sure if it's possible to disable it without recompiling a kernel and making a new install disk for the laptop.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

foodown · 01-01-2013, 04:33 PM

You need to use the 'huge' kernel instead of the default 'hugesmp'.

(I think just typing 'huge.s' at the "boot:" prompt will do it.)

Ian John Locke II · 01-01-2013, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by foodown

You need to use the 'huge' kernel instead of the default 'hugesmp'.

(I think just typing 'huge.s' at the "boot:" prompt will do it.)

I'll try it in a few minutes. Thanks!

slacktroll · 01-02-2013, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian John Locke II

I'll try it in a few minutes. Thanks!

Turn on 64gb highmem in the kernel and it will work.