On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 08:44 -0400, Councillor Smola wrote: > I have purchased a Debian install DVD disk from Softcopy Systems in Toronto. > > After the initial install process the program asks to reboot and I did so. > The next phase was a screen indicating that the installation was correct. > ie: Congradulations you have successfully installed Debion. > > At this point I was required to choose the correct time and zone but before > I could do so the following message appeared : > > ide2: unexpected interrupt, status=0xd0, count= x(number) > > I also saw the message throughout the boot sequence starting at number 1, > then number 340 when the time and zone message appeared, then I went for a > Shower and came back to the computer realizing there was a continuous count > up as high as 3,378. > > Any idea on what the problem could be? > > My Computer is a P4 running at 3.0 ghz > two Hard Drives WD 40gb & 120 gb > 1mb of ram > ati All in Wonder Card 9000 series > on board sound & network
ah yes, I recall this. I had it when the kernel I was installing was modern enough for the hard drive. IIRC I had been trying the default woody from downloading all the CDs (a mistake!). I wiped it all and started again but this time using sarge and then using a SMP kernel from backports. M -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
