Thanks to Hellebo Knut. A server needs to be at least 3.2C to perform
the builds in the configuration. I had also made a mistake in my
posting, here. I thought my Alpha 2100 was running 3.2C, but it
is only at 3.2B.
-Patrick O'Brien
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> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 21:24:38 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Patrick O'Brien" <pobrien_at_cfa.harvard.edu>
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> Subject: dmu / Object format error in configure
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> Greetings,
>
> On a platform of an Alpha AXP 3000/300 running DU 3.0:
>
> Using DMU, I loaded DU 3.2C ALPHA/BASE into a dmu area.
> At the Configure option within dmu, I configured the area.
> When it attempted to build a kernel, it gave the error:
>
> Object file format error in: alpha_init.o: bad file magic number
>
> I then mounted the /var/adm/dmu area onto a 3.2C AlphaServer 2100, and got
> the same result. The error messages from the build, which followed the
> above error, are appended. This copy is from the AXP 3000/300 DU 3.0
> build, though the errors from the AlphaServer 2100 DU 3.2C build appeared
> to be the same from a casual inspection.
>
> I'd appreciate any help in understanding what either I or DEC are doing
> wrong here. Both of us have been known to screw up from time to time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Patrick O'Brien
>
>
> Systems Administrator
> Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
> 60 Garden Street
> Cambridge, MA 02138
>
> *** PERFORMING KERNEL BUILD ***
> <Note> multiple cpus defined-building generic kernel
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:38:36 EST 1996
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:40:36 EST 1996
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:42:37 EST 1996
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:44:38 EST 1996
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:46:38 EST 1996
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:48:39 EST 1996
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:50:40 EST 1996
> Working....Wed Mar 27 15:52:40 EST 1996
>
> *** WARNING ***
> An error has occurred during system configuration. A partial listing
> of the error log file (./errs) follows:
>
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/vga_data.c
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/tga_data.c
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/iscc_data.c
> cc -c -O0 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/ace_data.c
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/trn_sr_data.c
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/xcr_data.c
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/lsm_data.c
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS ../data/vba_data.c
> cc -c -O2 -DLANGUAGE_C -g3 -G 4 -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -
> DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE=0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -signed -compress -no_excpt -Wb,-static -Wco,-nofloat -Olimit 1500 -D__alpha -Umips -UMIPS swapvmunix.c
> sh ../conf/newvers.sh ../conf/copyright `cat ../conf/version.type ../conf/version.major ../conf/version.minor ../conf/version.variant ../conf/version.build ../conf/version.patch` "`cat ../conf/version.banner`"
> cc -I -I. -I.. -I../include -DIDENT=GENERIC -DEB164 -DEB66PLUS -DALPHAPC64 -DDECAXPPCI_33 -DDECAXPVME_64 -DDEC2100_C500 -DDEC2100_A500 -DDEC1000 -DDEC2100_A50 -DDEC21000 -DDEC2000_300 -DDEC3000_300 -DDEC3000_500 -DDEC7000 -DDEC4000 -DDEC_KN20AA -DSWAPTYPE
> =0 -DMACH -DOSF -DCOMPAT_43 -DUFS -DTRN -DKERNEL -D_KERNEL -D_BSD -c vers.c
> rm -f vmunix vmunix.sys
> loading vmunix.sys
> ld:
> Object file format error in: alpha_init.o: bad file magic number
> *** Exit 1 (ignored)
> chmod 755 a.out
> chmod: a.out: No such file or directory
> *** Exit 4
> Stop.
> Press <RETURN> to continue:
>
> Do you want to edit the configuration file? (y/n) [n]: n
>
> *** NOTE ***
> The customized kernel for this machine could not be successfully
> created. This system will operate with the generic kernel until
> a customized kernel can be built for it using the 'doconfig'
> utility.
>
> Restoring original configuration file - /d1/dms0.alpha/root/sys/conf/DATALESS
>
> *** DMU Main Menu ***
>
> Choices without key letters are not available.
>
> ) ADD a client
> c) CONFIGURE software environments
> d) DELETE software environments
> i) INSTALL software environments
> ) LIST registered clients
> ) MODIFY a client
> ) REMOVE a client
> s) SHOW software environments
> x) EXIT
>
> Enter your choice: x
> # exit
>
> script done on Wed Mar 27 16:58:53 1996
>
>
>
>
Received on Fri Mar 29 1996 - 01:09:01 NZST