On Friday 16 January 2004 17:21, P J Scott wrote: > > > > Thanks for this, I have tried booting with linux nobiospnp, it > > all went > > well untill part way through. Then the dredded mesage hda lost > interupt...aaarrrrgggggg > I tried googling for 'lost interrupt' and was amazed how many threads popped up. A lot of them are concerned with laptops and suspend issues, so I presume they can be ruled out.
IIRC you have tried 'linux noapic' when booting - if you haven't already done so, try linux noacpi. No, it's not the same, and at least one poster believes that to be the solution. Other solutions offered include Disabling dma - is this possible at bootup? Possibility of case cooling problem Possibility of dubious ribbon cable http://seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2003/Dec/6027.html reports that a firware fix sorted one problem out. Do any of these seem to fit Philip's case, I wonder? Clearly this is an issue that is reported in many distros, many versions. My gut feeling is that the last one may be relevant, as it's fairly recent, with new hardware and the 2.6 kernel. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable could look at the thread and comment? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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