From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 06:23:02 -0800 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <159e5d32aa77aba92b4845573c9730e8@brasstown.quanstro.net> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] 9atom boot problem Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3dc210b8-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I tried 9atom from 2014-06-27, but it doesn't (now I add 'always'; sometimes > it does get through) boot. > > If I choose to install plan9, I get a result shown in the attached > a.png (and it does not proceed any further). > > If I choose to just boot (not install), it gets stuck after > init: starting /bin/rc > and shows the same 'spurious interrupt 39'. > > Some more info about booting progress is in b.png > and c.png. > > Even if the machine boots, I get a lot of 'spurious interrupt 39' messages. > In spite of these messages I am trying to install the system. > > It is a intelD865GVHZ motherboard. > > Any help? that's not a fatal error. it's caused by a bad interaction with the 8259 interrupt controller. if you can put up with that a bit, an install is often possible. (the bug is entirely my fault.) the usb image should work for you. it boots a 64-bit kernel or 386/pae kernel. both will avoid the 8259 if possible, and the 64-bit kernel doesn't even have support for one. - erik