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From: infocenter@urz.unibas.ch
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: ISASISK.DSK / lost interrupts
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.095030.1669@urz.unibas.ch>
Date: 27 Jun 91 08:50:30 GMT
Organization: University of Basel, Switzerland
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I am running 386 3.10 Rev.A on a 386/33MHz/4M-RAM with two mirrored 
Seagate AT-BUS disks ST1239A (211 Megs). 
This is a test-net and only one workstation is connected.

Starting the server brings up the following message:

   Loading module ISADISK.DSK
   Expected interrupt number missing or invalid
   Supported interrupt number values are E,F,B,C
   Interrupt number : E
                        
The E in the last line is blinking and seems to be the default.

Accepting E and pressing ENTER loads the machine. I can login to the server, I 
can work etc., everything seems perfect (seen from the workstation).

However, on the server I get randomly in time (sometimes nothing for ten 
minutes, sometimes five times a minute, depending what I am doing) the 
following message:

   "Interrupt controller detected a lst hardware interrupt"

The company's rep told me this is normal, because the ISADISK.DSK cannot 
handle correctly AT-BUS disks bigger than 120 Megs. He ensured me that this has 
absolutely no influence on the functionality of my system because AT-BUS disks
do not work with interrupts.  


Well, here my questions:

1. Are this statements absolutely correct?

2. Is there a driver that solves my problem (if everything is ok, I don't 
   wonna see error messages!)?

3. From which ftp-site can I download such a driver?


thanx a lot to the experts ...........

bye ....................................................................  Didi

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