Install Trisquel on non-PAE computer

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lightning
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I want to install Trisquel on my computer. But it doesn't have PAE (Physical Address Extension).
Does anyone know how I can install it anyway?

Cyberhawk

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Why is it a problem that you have no PAE? If you got more than 4GB memory, choose the 64-Bit version of Trisquel. If your CPU can't compute in 64-Bit mode (pretty much impossible by now), use the 32-Bit version of Trisquel anyway (it will only see 4GB of memory in this case).

Michał Masłowski

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The problem is all 32-bit Toutatis kernels requiring PAE. Previously
there were 32-bit kernels that worked on systems without PAE.

Cyberhawk

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I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the clarification!

Darksoul71
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As indicated by Cyberhawk having a non-PAE CPU does not really hurt.
Simply install the version of Trisquel matching your CPU type (64 Bit / 32 Bit). Technically speaking there is very little benefit of installing the 64 Bit version if you do not want to allocate more than 4 GB of RAM.

lightning
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I can't install it. I tried Trisquel, Trisquel mini and also the NetInstall. But it does not work.

This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU.

I can install Trisquel 4. I tried to update it to Trisquel 6. But it does not work.

Cyberhawk

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OK, as Michał Masłowski stated all 32-Bit kernels of the newer Trisquel require PAE. Maybe you can install a 64-Bit kernel?

Otherwise you'll be stuck with an older version of Trisquel. Have you tried 5.0 and 5.5 already?