How do I install a non-PAE kernel on PAE-enabled hardware for Ubuntu 12.04?
32-bit 12.04 currently comes with a PAE kernel but I need to get a non-PAE kernel.
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It's as simple as doing this on your existing 32-bit 12.04 installation:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic
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followed by a this to remove the PAE kernel (so the system boots from the non-PAE by default):
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-generic-pae
- Alternatively, comment out the
GRUB_HIDDEN
lines in/etc/default/grub
and runsudo update-grub
to display the grub menu upon boot, from which you can select the kernel to use.
If you want to install a non-PAE kernel as part of a new installation, start with Xubuntu or Lubuntu 12.04 32-bit, both of which come with the non-PAE kernel. Once running, you can run
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
to get the full Unity desktop experience.-
In general, the two common kernel suffixes for 12.04 are:
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-generic
(non-PAE for 32-bit; standard for 64-bit) -
-generic-pae
(PAE and default for 32-bit only)
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I couldn't install non-pae kernel with this command (from previous answer):
sudo apt-get install linux-image-$(uname -r)-generic
But on output was a kernel version, in my case 3.2.0-27, so I modified the command:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-27-generic
And it worked!