[PLUG] Installation with Quad core Processor.

[Nikhil Kala]

On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 3:24 PM, Shridhar Daithankar <
ghodechhap at ghodechhap.net> wrote:

> 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.


Yes, You are right. for such setup 64 bit distro is recommended.
But the other packages which I want to use must be compatible with 64 bit
distro. also.



> 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 :(
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>  Shridhar
>
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Thanks & Regards,
Nikhil Kala