OK - once I had run "memory" I was able to use "show_status" to see that
the memory test was ongoing. Once I did "kill_diag" and enviroment flag
was created and I was now able to boot.
RTFM
Bevan
On Fri, Jul 10, 1998 at 01:08:32AM +0800, Bevan Broun wrote:
> Help!
>
> I was installing 3rd party memory in to our AlphaServer 1000 4/266.
> I had installed a 64MB (=4 x 16 + error correcting sim) into memory bank
> 1. Memory bank 0 has the original 64MB.
>
> As I had forgot to stop the machine from autobooting, the machine came
> up as usual ("I could even see that it had now 128MB) but I wanted to do
> the memory test as outlined in the manual.
>
> So I went back to the boot prompt and did:
> >>>show memory
>
> which reported 128MB with banks 1 and 2 full. I then did
> >>>memory
>
> which started checking the memory. This hung and I hit the switch. I
> then tried again. "show memory" reported 128MB and "memory" said "testing
> the memory" and quickly returned me to the prompt.
>
> When I tried:
> >>>boot
> I get the message
>
> "warning: main memory zone is not free"
>
> I have tried reinserting the new memory and removed the new memory but I
> always get the same error messages.
>
> Help!
--
Bevan Broun ph (08) 9380 1587
Computer Systems Officer fax (08) 9380 1065
Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Western Australia rm. G70
Received on Thu Jul 09 1998 - 11:24:52 NZST