Trying to install rocky10, but it reboots everytime I try to start the installer.
Processor is a Celeron N3150
According to Google Gemini, your processor is not supported (not new enough) to run Rocky 10, below is the quote from Google Gemini:
No, the Intel Celeron N3150 processor does not support the x86-64-v3 microarchitecture level that Rocky Linux 10 requires.
Rocky Linux 10 has raised its minimum CPU requirement to x86-64-v3. The Celeron N3150 is a Braswell generation CPU based on the Airmont microarchitecture, which only supports the x86-64-v2 instruction set level.
Why the Celeron N3150 Won’t Work
The x86-64-v3 requirement essentially mandates support for the AVX2 (Advanced Vector Extensions 2) instruction set, among others.
| Feature | Celeron N3150 (Airmont/Braswell) | x86-64-v3 Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Microarchitecture Level | x86-64-v2 | x86-64-v3 |
| Key Instruction Set | No AVX2 | Requires AVX2 |
| First Intel CPU to Support v3 | (None) | Haswell (4th Gen Core i-series) or Gracemont (in the Atom family, much newer) |
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FYI, beyond addressing that specific question, Google Gemini also provides the following suggestions:
Your Alternatives
If you want to run an Enterprise Linux distribution on your Celeron N3150 system, you have two main options:
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Use Rocky Linux 9:
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Rocky Linux 9 (and its upstream version, RHEL 9) only requires the x86-64-v2 microarchitecture level, which your Celeron N3150 supports.
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Rocky 9 is fully supported until mid-2032, giving you many years of use.
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Use a Different, Lighter Linux Distribution:
- Many other popular Linux distributions still support the v2 level and may be better optimized for the low-power Airmont architecture.
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Yes, the processor is too old for Rocky 10 unfortunately.
Adding more context to this: Rocky is a RHEL clone, with the same patch levels, compile-time options, etc. RHEL 10 only supports x86_64-v3 and higher, therefore so does Rocky 10.
The N3150 processor does support x86_64-v2, however, which Rocky Linux 9 is fine with. Rocky 9 is supported with updates until 2032, and that’s what I’d recommend if you’re interested in doing an install.
Rocky 8 would also work, and is supported until 2029. However, if you’re interested in the newest software possible on your device, it sounds like 9 is the way to go.
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Well, I suspected it was that , however, why not som sort of error messega instread of just re-booting with out any warning.
It seems that ALMA has an releas that supports -v2
@TomasL You can always check if your CPU is compatible with 10 (or for that matter with 9.x) with this procedure
Thanks, that was helpful.
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