From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Oct 27 1:22:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BAD137B430 for ; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 01:22:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f9R8LN107854; Sat, 27 Oct 2001 10:21:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 10:21:23 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Andrew Gallatin Cc: Shashi Dookhee , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Panic on DEC Alpha 1000A 5/400 Message-ID: <20011027102123.A7840@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <15322.3425.700773.484721@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20011027100521.B7751@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011027100521.B7751@freebie.xs4all.nl>; from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl on Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 10:05:21AM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Oct 27, 2001 at 10:05:21AM +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 09:26:57PM -0400, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > 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? > > What machine model is this anyway? Can you please also do a Never mind, I just noticed the machine type was in the subject. > >>> show memory ? I've seen something similar on AS2100A with partially > bad memory. VMS does not care, and maps out the bad pages. FreeBSD just > crashed. This question is still relevant. I used a AS2100A with EV4/190 MHz CPUs btw -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message