Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:45:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alpha woes.. Message-ID: <15059.28884.541304.633317@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010410133436.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <XFMail.010410133436.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin writes: > 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. If you have an MX5, then there's a tiny little halt button on the motherboard between the memory Dimms and the back panel at the very top of the machine. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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