Hi All,
It turns out this problem was easy to fix by upgrading the firmware
on the system using Firmware Update V3.9 which adjusted
the SRM to V6.4. After the firmware upgrade the installation
program allowed me to select the root disk and perform the
install.
Many thanks to the following people for pointing me in the right direction:
Paul W Grant (Kingston SCL) <paul.grant_at_kscl.com>
Eli <eli_elizur_at_icomverse.com>
Dr. Thomas P. Blinn, UNIX Software Group, Digital Equipment Corporation <
tpb_at_zk3.dec.com>
Robert L. McMillin <rlm_at_syseca-us.com>
-Scott
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original message:
>
>Subject: Panic on installation of 3.2d on Alphaserver 400 4/233
>Author: Scott Bailey <sbailey_at_inso.com> at Inter-mail
>Date: 02/09/97 16:53
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I've been trying to install DU3.2d on an Alphaserver 400 4/233, but no matter
>which option I choose (basic and advanced) and no matter which disk I
>select for the root disk, I recieve the following panic:
>
>trap: invlaid memory read access from kernel mode
>
>faulting virtual address: 0x0002b11800000028
>pc of faulting instruction: 0xffffffff800f3d08
>ra contents at time of fault: 0xfffffc0000408538
>sp contents at time of fault: 0xffffffff818ab3f0
>
>panic (cpu 0): kernel memory fault
>syncing disks...done
>
>DUMP: problem with the specified dumpdev 0x10001, status 19, not used
>DUMP: No primary swap, no explicit dumpdev
> Nowhere to put header, giving up
>
>
>Has anyone else run into this problem? I've looked through the achives, but
>I haven't found any thing which has a resolution. I've previously installed
>DU4.0c on this machine and it works fine, so I know that the machine doesn't
>have a hardware problem.
>
>My machine's specs are as follows:
>Alphaserver 400 4/233
>Processor: 21064A-6 233Mhz 512Kb cache
>32Mb ram
>Firmware
>SRM V6.2-2
>ARC 4.49
>PALcode: VMS PALcode V5.56-2, OSF PALcode X1.46-2
>Serial ROM V4.6
>Diag ROM V1.7
>
>Any information in this regard would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>-Scott
>/-------------------------------------------------------\
>|Scott A. Bailey | INSO Corporation | Phone: 401-421-9550 x
217 |
>|System Administrator |-------------------------------------|
>|sbailey_at_inso.com
|
|
>\-------------------------------------------------------/
Received on Thu Sep 04 1997 - 22:23:22 NZST