Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 14:39:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Jean-Francois Gobin <gobin@gobinjf.be> To: Santanu Das <santanu@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> Cc: "freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD on AlphaServer 1000A 4/266 Message-ID: <20040515143606.Q53069@ns> In-Reply-To: <40A5D792.2010809@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> References: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0405141716170.22860-100000@polonius.bigw.org> <40A568A6.7030100@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk> <20040515073213.O42901@ns> <40A5D792.2010809@hep.phy.cam.ac.uk>
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Unfortunately, it seems that something is not really well supported. Some pointers on how you may debug ... 1) Do what it says : press a key (don't remember for serial, but at "direct" console, it's ctrl-c) to run into SRM. 2) there, "show os" and "set os UNIX" if it's set to "VMS" or "OPENVMS". 3) "test" just to be on the safe side ... Should run for a loooooong while and then drop you back on console. If something runs short, it will take a dump. 4) "show error(s)" ... Show the error log 5) Eventually, try to upgrade the SRM to the latest revision for your system. By the way, it that EV4, EV5 or EV6 processor(s) ? JF On Sat, 15 May 2004, Santanu Das wrote: > Hi all, > > Many thanks for all of yours reply. > Every time I try to boot FreeBSD from installation CD, it seems to start > fine, with lines like: > > FreeBSD/Alpga SRM CD9660 boot, Revision 1.2 > (root@mithlond.btc.adaptec.com, Mon Feb 23 19:12:15 GMT 2004) > Memory 229376 k > Loading /boot/defeaults/loader.conf > /boot/kernel/kernel data=0x50a3c0+0x41b00 sysms[0x8+0x67350+0x51223......... > - > then it displays: > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt, > Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel].... > / > > and then ends up with: > > Unexpected machine check: > > mces = 0x1 > vector = 0x660 > param = 0xfffffc0000006000 > pc = 0xfffffc0000697084 > ra = 0xfffffc00003b4c98 > curproc = 0xfffffc00008123e0 > pid = 0, comm = swapper > > panic: machine check > cpuid: 0; > Uptime: 1s > Automatic reboot in 15 seconds - press a key on the console to abort > > then going back to 'booting from the CD' stage. It's happening again again. > Surprisingly, when I try to install Digital Unix, it's not complaining - > just installing smoothly. > > Any idea what' might be the problems? > > Santanu > > PS. Jean - thanks for your offer, you seem to be a true Alpha lover. It > has found a good home just a few days > ago - that's mine - and I wanna take care of her as long as I can. I'll > let you know by sure if I change my mind in future. > > > Jean-Francois Gobin wrote: > > >I think it would be best to try booting the installer before doing > >anything else that may damage your DG UX install. > > > >In SRM, when you're sure you may boot safely, you can rip off any boot > >options (file, flag, autodevice and so on), just to be on the safe side. > > > > > >PS : if you want to get rid of your AS, don't hesitate to contact me! I > >can make a little room for her! ;-) > > > >JF > > > > > >On Sat, 15 May 2004, Santanu Das wrote: > > > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>At present Digital Unix is running on the system, I just want to remove > >>that want to install fresh copy of FreeBSD. Do I need to format the disk > >>before start FreeBSD installation? Is there any option from SRM console > >>to do that? > >> > >>Santanu > >> > >>Dan Williams wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I'm running 5.1-RELEASE on an AS 1000A 5/400, but again that's an EV5 and > >>>not an EV4 like the 4/266 would have... I would assume it works though. > >>> > >>>Dan > >>> > >>>On Fri, 14 May 2004, Wilko Bulte wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 08:11:10PM +0100, Santanu Das wrote: > >>>> > >>>>Not 5.2.1 because we do not have that model at work anymore, but previously > >>>>4.x ran fine on these machines. I had EV5 CPUs in ours though. > >>>> > >>>>Have you read the Alpha version of HARDWARE.TXT? That has more info > >>>>on the various Alpha models. > >>>> > >>>>Wilko > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>Hi, > >>>>> > >>>>>This is the first time I'm trying FreBSD and even more, the very first > >>>>>on a AlphaServer. I downloaded four iso images namely, > >>>>>5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-bootonly.iso, 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-disc1.iso, > >>>>>5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-disc2.iso and 5.2.1-RELEASE-alpha-miniinst.iso from > >>>>>mirror side. Do I need to burn all these images? > >>>>> > >>>>>Did any ever body install FreeBSD on that particular machine (AS 1000A > >>>>>4/266) or know about any known constraint? > >>>>>Any related information would be much more appreciate!!! > >>>>> > >>>>>Santanu > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>>freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > >>>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > >>>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>---end of quoted text--- > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>>Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > >> > >> > > > >---------- > >Jean-Francois Gobin - Administrateur gobinjf.be > >http://www.gobinjf.be mailto:gobin@gobinjf.be > > > > > ---------- Jean-Francois Gobin - Administrateur gobinjf.be http://www.gobinjf.be mailto:gobin@gobinjf.be
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