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try, if it makes sense for your linux configuration, unplugging/disabling the second IDE drive and see if it still happens. also I think on-track has a bad reputation (in general not just with linux...) At 07:33 AM 8/17/96 -0400, you wrote: >Hi > >I sure hope someone here can help me out. I have had this problem from day >one. I have an AST Advantage pro 486-DX66 with >20M RAM >WD 1GB IDE HD >WD 340KB IDE HD > >On boot up using the Ygdrassill distribution of linux I will see this error >message on the screen. > >IDE1:unexpected_intr:status=0x40 >IDE1:unexpected_intr:status=0x40 >IDE1:unexpected_intr:status=0x40 > >This will repeat over and over with an occasional line of >0x250.IDE1:unexpected_intr:status=0x40 > >thrown in, with the 0x???.IDE1:unexpected_intr:status=0x40 > >being a different number each time. > > >Now in the beginning it would have happen for about 5-10 minutes and then >boot into linux. > >But now I can not boot into linux at all. This error will continue on >forever I think. I once let it run over night with not luck. > >My question is : What is the reference to unexpected_intr:0x40. > >I am using OnTrac's disk manager. > >I do have some bad sectors on the primary drive, could linux be getting >hung up on these blocks. If so how do I get around this? > >Thanks, > >Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > Rodney Thayer <rodney at sabletech.com> +1 617 332 7292 Sable Technology Corp, 246 Walnut St., Newton MA 02160 USA Fax: +1 617 332 7970 http://www.shore.net/~sable "Developers of communications software"
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