[newbie] Interrupt sharing

[Jorge Ram�rez Llaca]

I remember having read that linux does not support IRQ sharing.
My Adaptec SCSI controller is sharing its interrupt with the system's USB
controller.
Could this be the reason for the install to hang while installing the SCSI
drivers?

Being a little anxious as I am and since bandwith is not a problem at home,
I've already downloaded and tried to install OpenLinux Workstation 6.1, Red
Hat 7, even Corel Linux 1.2! They all froze the machine very shortly after
firing the install. Windows NT has no problems and since I'm already quite
annoyed by this I've even tried (and succeded) installing FreeBSD 4.2.
So far, I've come to the conclusion that the hardware is Ok and the problem
must be Linux related.

Any thoughts?