In your email to me, Dieter Rohlfing, you wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > since 2 weeks I'm trying to install the debian linux distribution, first > attempt was with 1.2.8, second with 1.3.1. Both resulted in crashing > down during the boot process (look for subject "install problem: aic7xxx > encountered spurious IRQ / aborting command due to timeout").
Do you have an early 2940 in the machine? I had this same problem, and had to get a BIOS upgrade from Adaptek. > During the last 2 weeks I got the impression, that it is more important > for the participants of this mailing list to discuss about debian > policies and politics than helping a new user. I'm sorry you have that impression. From time to time, there are threads that don't belong on here. > I can't imagine, that none of the debian users has an Adaptec controller > in his PC. Where is the excellence of the debian distribution, when it's > unable to install on a conventional hardware, where Caldera, Suse, > RedHat and Slackware can without any problems. > > Don't talk, face the facts! And fact is, that debian can't install on a > conventional hardware. Has anybody a solution for the problem? Has > anybody more to offer than talk? The 2940 and it's chipset are considered beta, at best. I have a production system with a 4 month old 2940 in it that runs with no problem. Ny system at home, OTOH, has an 18 month old 2940, and it panics about every 2 weeks. This is a problem with the driver, not the distribution. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
