On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 12:15 PM, John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com> wrote: > you can build the kernel RPM on any other similar environment, and .... > WHY ARE YOU/WE WASTING Y/OUR TIME ON A 6 YR OLD LAPTOP??? Get over > it. Either run what works on it, or get suitable hardware to run what > you need. He's not the only one interested in a non-PAE kernel for Pentium a M laptop -- so this thread is definitely not a "waste of time" for me -- though I'll probably stick with CentOS 5.x on the laptop. And I, personally, don't have a computer that's *less* than six years old. But they still work fine for me -- the desktop (GX270 from 2004) *does* support PAE, so I have the option to go to CentOS 6.x on it. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.6