From: toddc@inslab.uky.edu (Todd Caldwell) Subject: Re: 'floppy: unexpected interrupt' on SLS .99p8 Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1993 17:40:59 GMT
In article <1qru0nINNkrr@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> pan@athena.mit.edu
(Howard Wei-Hao Pan) writes:
> ke@doc.ic.ac.uk (K Evangelinos) wrote:
> >I recently FTP'ed and tried to use the SLS version of Linux. I booted
the A1
> >disk, and fed A2 later. Once booted, I tried to see the /user/README
file.
> >While my more waits for keys, I get messages saying 'floppy: unexpected
> >interrupt' while the floppy drive doesn't (apparently) do anything. I
thought
> >switching the turbo off might stop it, but on the contrary, things seem
to
> >get worse.
> >
> >After a *lot* of attempts (the drive seems to lose sync when this
appears
> >while it is working, causing errors), I managed to get most of the Base
> >Section to install on my hard disk. I created the second booting
floppy,
> >and the same familiar message appears again on my screen whan I boot
Linux.
> >It even appears at the prompt sometimes. Any ideas?
> >
> >My system is a 486-33 w/105MB HD and a Trident 8900c card.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Kostas.
>
> Hmmn...that's really weird. I was installing Linux last night on my
laptop, and
> got this message too. (That was with version 0.99p6 I believe). However,
the
> "floppy: unexpected interrupt" message only appeared when I was not
connected
> to an AC adapter--so I presumed it was because the system was trying to
> conserver power by sending power down signals to the floppy drive or
something
> or another. But since you were getting it on your desktop, I'm beginning
to
> wonder why that is.
>
>
>
>
> --
> =Howard Pan= These are the official views of
> 617-225-8377 His Imperial Highness
> pan@athena.mit.edu
You have gotten further than I. After creating the boot disks, I have not
been able to get them to boot. I am sure I did something really stupid.
But that's me.