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Hi Doug,

Sorry for taking so long to reply on this, been on 3 weeks leave...

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Doug White wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Carl Makin wrote:

> > The boot sequence will hang if the USB drive is attached at boot.  There

> It seems to be acting like Uthe USB controller isn't getting interrupts.
> Does the problem recur on the installed system?

Yes it did however that chassis and the servers were a test loaner and
have been returned.  We have decided to go with the 1855 though (our
windows guy was *very* enthusiastic about them) and when they arrive I'll
run the tests you suggested.

Thanks!

Carl.