Is it possible for the install CD/USB stick to first scan the computer and post up a message if the CPU is unsuitable with recommendation for what distro would work.
I wish Ubuntu etc would do this for non-pae CPUs [george] someone wrote:
There are hardly any non-pae computers left. The boot option forcepae in
Ubuntu 14.04 will provide a solution for Pentium M and Celeron M CPUs, and in the very few (if any) remaining cases, we can offer ToriOS-Debian. I suggest that ToriOS 2.0 will have an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 'Trusty' version instead of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise). I agree that there should be a Debian Jessie version too. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~torios Post to : torios@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~torios More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp