Common Errors

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Boot

Error: Block-Major-2
Reason: DSL could not find a floppy Drive
Solution: Safe to ignore/Add a floppy drive to your system


Error: sr0- CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST
Reason: No cd in cdrom 1 while trying to search for a file there.
Solution: Add norestore (or restore=xxx) to append line/Safe to ignore.


Error: APCI could not be enable Reason: PC lacks APCI/BOIS Disabled
Solution: Safe to ignore if you lack/don't need APCI


Error: kmod- failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2
Reason: Unknown (Believe to be lack of actuall scsi controller)
Solution: Safe to ignore??


Error: Spurious 8259a interrupt- IRQ7
Reason: Varies widely. Not a problem if it seldom occurrs and if there are no other symptoms. Literally means an interrupt was requested but not handled. If you wouldn't have noticed anything without this message (sound works, video works?), then the interrupt could not have been that important.
Solution: Usually safe to ignore


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Run:

Error: sr0- CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST cdrom- open failed
Reason: No cd in cdrom 1 while trying to search for a file there.
Solution: Safe to ignore.
Note: sr0 can also be sr1/sr2/srx depending on number of cdroms in your system.


FYI: These are the ones I have seen on my boot from a Gateway Solo 1150 where I ahve installed dsl 2.4 to the hd. The sr0 is not seen when booting from the cd (It has media :D ) but others have seen the errors too.

So your might be different depending on your system. Add any error codes/messages you have seen to the discussion for this page and when I have time I will research it. Or bettter yet, google the error first :D

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