dual xeon with only one xeon

[mjr]

hi I have just built the dream server

i am have with a

se7500wv2 board dual xeon
one xeon processor
500 gig drive
2x 512 ecc registered sever ram
yes i have the latest bios update

i built this server from scratch i got it to startup so i tested to see if a operating system would boot i used a live disk of simply mephis it booted up perfectly

then i tried to install fedora 7 it froze
then Debian it failed
then mandrake it froze in installation
the i tried to install fedora 6 it froze
so then finally i tried fedora 5
i got it to start up the installation
but it froze on regular startup
so then I restarted the installation on fedora 5 with nothing being installed but yum ,wget and a few terminal command

when i got it installed
i installed the latest kernal
when i got it installed i restarted when I booted them up i get kernal will not synce

so i boot up from the last kernal it works

i booted it up i logged in through a terminal and tried to install kde I got xserver up and when it booted up in kde the computer restarted

so i tried to installed

xcfe
i got it to boot up
no problem

right now i am trying to install gnome

does anybody have any idea why i cant anything to work in the world of linux on this computer

is it due to me haveing one cpu on a dual motherboard

why cant i get kde to boot up

thank you in advance

[mjr]

nm i think i can manage with gnome dang this server was hard to set up but it is realy fast

[stevea]

I cannot speak to the other distros, only Ferdora.

Please tell us when it froze (what was th elast msg or screen.
Try the text only install (and tell us exactly when it freezes if it does).
Try the fedorra7 live Cd and let us know if that works.

You really need to provide more diagnostic facts. "It froze" doesn't help much.
What are your disks ? What is the interface chips ?
Boot the mepis live and type "lspci" and post it.
What is your video interface card ?

[mjr]

when i mean froze i mean when you type cap lock the light goes on and when you type it it goes of when the computer is frozen the light will not change



I was using the rescue disk for fedora 6, 7 and they all froze at

checking if image is initramfs ... it is

but fedora 5 booted up perfectly


if you mean by interface chip i am assuming you mean chipset intel e7500


lspci in fedora 5


[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation E7500 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:00.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Host RASUM Controller (rev 03)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface C PCI-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
00:03.1 Class ff00: Intel Corporation E7500/E7501 Hub Interface C RASUM Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB (Hub #2) (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CA LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CA Ultra ATA Storage Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:02.0 RAID bus controller: Promise Technology, Inc. PDC20277 (SBFastTrak133 Lite) (rev 01)
01:0c.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
02:1c.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 03)
02:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 03)
02:1e.0 PIC: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 I/OxAPIC (rev 03)
02:1f.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82870P2 P64H2 Hub PCI Bridge (rev 03)
03:07.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
03:07.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01)
[root@localhost ~]#


about the video card it is build in the motherboard
i know it is a ati rage xl 8 bits of memory

[mjr]

after a long period of time the computer freezes on me is there a way i can make fedora work on this computer or any linux os i cant get anything to work