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cannot boot Live Wheezy on notebook ThinkPad R40

Hi

I cannot boot Live Wheezy 32-bit 686-pae on notebook ThinkPad R40 due to the following problem:

"Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU"

Does this error message means that CPU does not support PAE extensions?

During installation there is an option to install i586 as it says only pentium M Dothan only had pae support
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_M

Code:

$ cat /etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy)"

NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"

VERSION_ID="7.0"

VERSION="7.0 (wheezy)"

ID=debian

ANSI_COLOR="1;31"

HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/"

SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/"

BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.debian.org/"



$ uname -r

3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp



Machine:  Mobo: IBM model: 26474MU Bios: IBM version: 1AET64WW (1.20 ) date: 10/18/2006

IBM T23 fresh install today. Wireless PCMCIA card

Code:

$ inxi -N

Network:  Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci 

          Card-2: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller driver: e100

4 port, 2 usb, 2 firefire, pcmcia combo card

Code:

03:00.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 65)

        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0

        Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

03:00.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80)

        Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci

Everything worked out of the box including internal mic (no internal webcam on this IBM laptop)

You are using the smp kernel the OP installed the pae kernel & maybe the processor doesn't support it. My processor is celeron M which supports it.
@rokytnji Does your machine support pae kernel?

Quote:

@rokytnji Does your machine support pae kernel?

I kinda doubt it as max ram for this laptop is 1 gig and it is a

Code:

$ inxi -b

System:    Host: biker Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.3-486-smp i686 (32 bit) 

          Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 Distro: antiX-13_386-full Luddite 01 June 2013

Machine:  Mobo: IBM model: 26474MU Bios: IBM version: 1AET64WW (1.20 ) date: 10/18/2006

CPU:      Single core Mobile Intel Pentium III CPU - M (-UP-) clocked at 800.00 MHz 

Graphics:  Card: S3 SuperSavage IX/C SDR X.Org: 1.12.4 drivers: savage (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x768@60.0hz 

          GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on softpipe GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5

Network:  Card-1: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI driver: rt61pci 

          Card-2: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller driver: e100 

Drives:    HDD Total Size: 80.0GB (7.0% used)

Info:      Processes: 100 Uptime: 4:44 Memory: 288.6/1007.8MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.7

older IBM laptop than what the OP owns.

Quote:

I kinda doubt it as max ram for this laptop is 1 gig and it is a

My system only supports 2G but I can install pae kernel but I have celeron M processor

Today I've installed Wheezy with non-pae, 486 kernel on my ThinkPad R40 and it seems to work well.

I've just one problem with keyboard, I get numbers instead of letters.
I can change this, each time after start-up manually, using keyboard key combination, but this is laboriously
How to turn off numbers on IBM ThinkPad keyboard permanently, I mean automatically after start-up?

Glad to know he non-pae kernel works for you.
Although I've never experienced the keyboard problems which you're having.
You may need to check keyboard layout under System Settings>>Keyboard>>Layout Settings.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EDDY1 (Post 4969109)

According to /etc/default/keyboard my keyboard layout is swiss:

Code:

XKBLAYOUT="ch"

but I need swiss german keyboard.

In System Settings>>Keyboard>>Layout Settings you will be able to see a graphical layout of your keys.