Steve wrote: > Pretty much the rest of my problems sound like an IRQ issue especially > since my Kernel options have to include irqpoll or the computer won't > even consider booting. But what about my phantom drive.
The CD driver can react to a strange interrupt any way it likes. Is your power supply dying? A dying switching PSU tends to produce noisy power, leading to bit errors in random parts of the system. The IRQ theory is still interesting though. What do you see in /proc/interrupts? > Could this be a malware problem? If what are best practices for > checking a Linux system for malware? Run rkhunter and chkrootkit from a live CD. Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
