This one time, at band camp, Roni Balthazar said: > Hi there, > > I'm getting this error when booting a system (woody): > > Jan 16 10:13:39 www2 kernel: *** Possibly defective BIOS detected > (irqtable) > Jan 16 10:13:39 www2 kernel: *** Many BIOSes matching this signature > have incorrect IRQ routing tables. > Jan 16 10:13:39 www2 kernel: *** If you see IRQ problems, in paticular > SCSI resets and hangs at boot > Jan 16 10:13:39 www2 kernel: *** contact your hardware vendor and ask > about updates. > Jan 16 10:13:39 www2 kernel: *** Building an SMP kernel may evade the > bug some of the time. > > The system is booting ok and runs ok some time (since 1 minute until 1 > or 2 days) and after that the system hangs with messages like: > > Jan 16 20:21:19 www2 kernel: scsi0:0:0:0: Command not found > Jan 16 20:21:19 www2 kernel: aic7xxx_abort returns 0x2002 > Jan 16 20:21:19 www2 kernel: scsi0:0:0:0: Attempting to queue an ABORT > message The kernel has actually told you what to do - contact the motherboard manufacturer about a BIOS upgrade. If you're not sure what you're doing with flashing the BIOS, you may want to get someone else to help walk you through it - choosing the wrong thing will really mess things up. HTH, -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | There but for the grace of God, goes | | steve@lobefin.net | God. -- Winston Churchill, speaking | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | of Sir Stafford Cripps. | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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