Greetings,
Hoping this one is easy and quick. This is what I have.
System : AlphaStation200 4/233
OS : Digital UNIX 4.0a
Firmware : V6.6-2
Problem :
I updated the firmware on my system and rebooted with DU3.2c with no
problems. I shut back down and swapped out the old rz26 for a clean,
new rz28 and added a second network card. I changed the settings for
the new NIC to twisted pair, checked the device listing to ensure that
the new card and disk were recognized. Then booted from the DU 4.0a CD.
It failed several attempts. The following is from the boot screen.
Digital UNIX boot - Mon Aug 19 21:02:26 EDT 1996
Loading vmunix ...
Loading at fffffc0000230000
Current PAL Revision <0x1000000010538>
Switching to OSF PALcode Succeeded
New PAL Revision <0x100000002012e>
Sizes:
text = 4598512
data = 1202784
bss = 2486528
Starting at 0xfffffc00004035e0
Alpha boot: available memory from 0xb50000 to 0x3ffe000
Digital UNIX 4.0a (Rev. 464); mon Aug 19 23:39:22 EDT 1996
physical memory = 64.00 megabytes of memory
available memory = 52.78 megabytes of memory
using 79 buffers containing 0.61 megabytes of memory
AlphaStation 200 4/233 system
DECchip 21071
82378IB (SIO) PCI/ISA Bridge
Firmware revision: 6.2
PALcode: OSF version 1.46
pci0 at nexus
psiop0 at pci0 slot 6
Loading SIOP: script 001f00, reg 82080000, data 00de98
scsi0 at psiop0 slot 0
rz3 at scsi0 target 3 lun 0 (LID=0) (DEC RZ28M (C) DEC 0568)
rz4 at scsi0 target 4 lun 0 (LID=1) (DEC RRD45 (C) DEC 1645)
isa0 at pci0
panic (cpu 0): rmailoc
DUMP : No primary swap, no explicit dumpdev.
Nowhere to put header, giving up.
CP - SAVE_TERM routine called
CP - SAVE_TERM exited with hit_req = 1, r0 = 00000000.0000000
halted CPU 0
halt code = 5
HALT instruction executed
PC = fffffc0000405040
>>>
The only other question I have is about the dump_dev parameter in system
console. This system curently has nothing for that setting. Anyone
know what options are available?
Thanx! Will summarize.
-- Dan
Daniel Bowman
UNIX Systems Programmer
Information Systems, JHU-SPH
mailto:dbowman_at_sph.jhu.edu
http://www.sph.jhu.edu/is/staff/
Received on Thu Dec 12 1996 - 18:48:32 NZDT