Re: spurious interrupt error causes a kernel panic during Debian install

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Lorenzo Cuciniello wrote:

> Hi!
> John Summerfield wrote:
>
> > Lorenzo Cuciniello wrote:
> >
> > The two events are unrelated. The spurious interrupts have been going 
> > on for years. Not that I can locate one just now, but a little 
> > googling should clear that point up.
>
>
> Thanks for your answer.I've googled searching for "spurious 
> interrupt",but found nothing reliable and working about my problem.
> I mean, someone says "it's a hardware problem regarding AMD/VIA/ASUS" 
> (but there's no proof about this)
> someone other says "you must disable the APIC feature in the kernel" 
> (tried,doesn't work)
> someone other says "try to disable ACPI" (neither it works),
> someother "ok disable the framebuffer modality at startup".
> My personal impression is that this error is largely documented about 
> cases regarding PC's with Linux installed and running but quite 
> obscure when it happens during the first install,with a bullet-proof 
> kernel (bf24).
> I'd really know your opinion about this.

Incase I didn't make it clear, the spurious interrupt is not your 
problem. It's harmless. I think I had it on a Pentium system, Intel 
and/or SiS chipset (the original mobo failed), certainly on Pentium II 
(LX). If not for the message there would be no indication it happened.

That interrupt is unrelated to the system hang,

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Cheers
John

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