[PLUG] Installation with Quad core Processor.

[Shridhar Daithankar]

On Thursday 25 December 2008 14:59:25 Nikhil Kala wrote:
> I have Intel Quad core 2.0 processor with Intel original board.
>
> I tried to install different linux flavors and but not working...
> Here are the os wise errors
>
> 1. Ubuntu 8.04 -> installed properly but showing RAM only 3GB and
> actually connected RAM is 8GB. Also not giving the good performance.
> 2. Ubuntu 8.04 server edition -> installed but got hanged
> 3. Suse 11 -> installed but got hanged sometimes.
> 4. Cent OS -> installed but got hanged
> 5. Debian 4.0 -> DVD drive driver issue, unable to mount the dvd drive.
> 6. Open Solaris -> Installation stopped in middle. And tried twice.

Which board exactly is this?

Were you trying a 64 bit distro or 32 bit? For such a setup, 64 bit distro. 
would be recommended to make full use of CPU. Try a 64 bit variant.

Even for a 32 bit distro., the list of failed images is impressive :( 
-- 
 Shridhar