Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 21:26:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: "Shashi Dookhee" <dookhee.s@trafficproximity.com> Cc: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Kernel Panic on DEC Alpha 1000A 5/400 Message-ID: <15322.3425.700773.484721@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <MNEAKCLKAEKLKKPGAOJBIEMPENAA.dookhee.s@trafficproximity.com> References: <MNEAKCLKAEKLKKPGAOJBIEMPENAA.dookhee.s@trafficproximity.com>
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Shashi Dookhee writes: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > Wondering if anyone has come across the following error message > during boot - it happens *every* time, so the system never boots - > This is happening while booting from CD-ROM to install FreeBSD > 4.4-INSTALL/Alpha (system currently has OpenVMS on the hard disks > which seems to boot okay): > > unexpected machine check: > > mces = 0x1 > vector = 0x660 > param = 0xfffffc0000006060 > pc = 0xfffffc0000554584 > ra = 0xfffffc000052d870 > curproc = 0xfffffc0000909a98 > pid = 0, comm = swapper > > panic: machine check > Uptime: 0s > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > This happens after it checks all the devices (last thing it does > before that panic is "de0: enabling 10baseT port"). > > I thought it might be a memory issue with perhaps faulty modules, but > since the OpenVMS system boots to a login prompt, I have pretty much > discounted that (someone correct me if I am wrong about dismissing > it!).. > > Any help would be appreciated! Can you hook up a serial console & give a complete transcript of the boot session, please? Cheers, Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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