I am doing this summary for posterity as I doubt that anyone else in the
digital UNIXverse will ever run across it.
The problem:
> On an alpha 2100 model 4/233
> DU 4.0D
> Firmware level v4.7-143
> OSF PALcode x1.45-12
>
Error Messages occurred during boot
> halted CPU 0
>
> halt code = 7
> machine check while in PAL mode
> PC = 18958
>
The solution:
The kernel that was being used was compiled on an AS 2100 model 5. When
the kernel was compiled on a model 4 the problem went away.
Similarly a kernel compiled on an AS 2100 model 4 results in the
following error message when run on a Model 5:
halt code = 6
double error halt
PC = 18958
The generic kernel runs on either model.
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Received on Tue Sep 22 1998 - 20:49:29 NZST