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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.uoregon.edu!news.dacom.co.kr!news.kigam.re.kr!news.elim.net!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!news.PBI.net!news.cheetah.net!usenet From: saunders@cheetah.net (Shawn Saunders) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Help Needed with 2.1 Install Error Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 03:27:08 GMT Organization: Cheetah Communications International Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4gr9vv$eh8@news.cheetah.net> References: <NEWTNews.825219453.18016.kant@Default> Reply-To: saunders@cheetah.net NNTP-Posting-Host: id9.pm2e1.cheetah.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 I had to disable all cacheing in my bios and set the boot CPU speed to LOW to complete the installation, per BSDI support. If that doesn't help, call BSDI they provide support for install questions even after your support period has expired. Shawn joshua1@cheetah.net Rama Kant <kant@adeptech.com> wrote: >Please provide any assistance in guiding me to the right direction. >I am trying to install v2.1 onto a Quantex Pentium120 PC. I have an Adaptec >1542, DEC Ethernet, and Supra Modem cards. On the SCSI I have a HD and a tape >drive internally and externally I have an NEC CD Rom drive. >When I try to initiate the install 2.1 (not upgrade), from the floppy, after >the install procedure detects all the devices correctly it is giving me the >following error, which persists: >stray interrupt on ISA irq 6 >fdc0: unexpected interrupt >There is no other device that is on irq 6 and the irq for the standard floppy >controller cannot be changed. >I will appreciate any help. >Thanks, >Rama Kant