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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:
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 > 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

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