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From: doctor@nl2k.edmonton.AB.ca (The Doctor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Unexpected Interupt irq6
Date: 11 Apr 1996 21:23:11 -0600
Organization: NetLine 2000
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Message-ID: <4kkiav$956@doctor.nl2k.edmonton.ab.ca>
References: <4i8uah$p2o@news.bt.net> <4kcnei$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov>
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In article <4kcnei$55p@onramp.arc.nasa.gov>,
Tom <lwilliam@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov> wrote:
>davidL@sisl.co.uk (Lyndon David) wrote:
>
>>I have just loaded 2.1 onto a p100 with a Triton chipset. This
>>seems to work just fine other than every time I access the floppy
>>I get an error message to syslog saying it received an unexpected
>>interupt on irq6.
>
>There may be something wrong/omitted in the floppy driver with 2.1, not
>necessarily a problem with your hardware. IRQ 6 is the floppy interrupt, and
>your machine may be reporting the insertion or removal of a disk or the disk's
>parameters, and 2.1 may not recognize the cause or nature of the interrupt
>request.
>
>
Either that or the Chipset is causing problems.
The BEST motherboard for minimal trouble IS parity SIMMS and non-Triton
chipset.
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