hi i had install fedora 3 in my pc after alot of trials .it worked fine for the last 3months...but suddenly now i cant open fedora...tried upgrading and reinstalling it but the computer freezes and a a msg comes up "disabling IRQ #11"...can someone tell me why this is happening .i tried to install fedora 5 but it also freezes though it doesnt show this msg this time it just freezes after running anaconda.i have intel mother board 101gcc and ati video card ...could this be the problem?

If Fedora 3 was running, then Fedora 5 should be fine with your hardware.

Can you provide some more detail about exactly where in the installation it hangs? Also, try it at least three times to confirm that the problem happens at the same step. Watch for any error messages that might be relevant.

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First of all, if someone wrote this post to you would you be able to figure it out? You aren't giving us any clue as to what is going on. You don't actually "open" Fedora. It's a linux distribution. If you are struggling with the English language, I will understand this, and not be too critical. I need to know exactly what happens when you boot the machine. Also, Intel makes about 500 different motherboards. Specifying only the brand name of a motherboard is of no help to people trying to figure out how to help you. We need an exact model number, like this for example: Intel D865PERL mother board with Intel 865 chipset and ICH5 disk controller. The linux kernel disables IRQ 11, and then reactivates it later in the boot sequence with certain hardware. How is the message displayed? Is it part of the kernel boot messages when you start the machine? When a linux installation fails it is because the user did something, or the hardware failed. So, think of anything you might have done right before linux stopped working. Did you install a new kernel, or some software? Did you install any new hardware? Have you tested the memory with memtest? If you can explain what hardware you have, in a complete way, and state more detail about what is going on we can probably help you get a working linux system going. I'm sorry you're having problems with your computer, and I didn't intend to be harsh. I mean everything I wrote in the nicest possible way.