Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:34:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        alpha@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Alpha woes..
Message-ID:  <XFMail.010410133436.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Well, my alpha deadlocked again during a -j 4 buildworld today.  Unfortunately,
my alpha began its life as a NT workstation (PWS 500a) so it's halt/reset
button functions as a reset button, i.e. you punch it and the machine resets,
rather than getting a useful SRM prompt at which to examine regs, etc. 
Anyways, I decided to pull the lid off and attempt to locate the jumper to
change the behavior of the button to be more useful (i.e. to halt).  After
failing to locate it by any obvious means, I went to Compaq's disappointing web
site to attempt to find docco on how to do this but was unsuccessful.  If
anyone has any idea on how to get these things to halt and not reboot, I would
really appreciate it.

-- 

John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/
PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc
"Power Users Use the Power to Serve!"  -  http://www.FreeBSD.org/

To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?XFMail.010410133436.jhb>