Thanks to
Thomas Leitner <tom_at_radar.tu-graz.ac.at>
Seth Hall <SETH_at_speech.mit.edu>
for the correct solution, and to
Dr. Tom Blinn <tpb_at_doctor.zk3.dec.com>
Reg Beardsley <rhb_at_acm.org>
for there responses.
_____________________________________________________________________
/ Brian C. Hill bchill_at_bch.net
http://brian.bch.net \
| Systems Programmer University of California, Davis |
| Unix Specialist BCH Technical Services |
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Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:28:55 +0100 (MET)
From: Thomas Leitner <tom_at_radar.tu-graz.ac.at>
Do you happen to have 512MB RAM installed? If yes, remove 256MB and
do the installation with 256MB only. After the installation, you can go
up to 512MB again. Alternatively there's a way to tell the kernel
to use only 256MB RAM during installation. I don't have it handy right
now. Tell me if you need it.
Tom
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Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 12:11:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Seth Hall <SETH_at_speech.mit.edu>
Hi Brian,
You problem may be with the well known installation bug
(both v4.0d and v4.0e,) that prevents an LX-164 from booting after
the initial installation phase IIF you have more than 128Mb RAM
installed. (This problem has been known to DEC for a LONG time... )
Yup, I kid you not. The simple solution we use is to
remove all but 128Mb of RAM, install/build the system, including
remaking the kernel using doconfig, and then shut it down and
replace the memory.
Works like a champ, although you may have to do a bit
more memory tuning, since doconfig thought you only had 128Mb.
Hope this helps,
Seth
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Received on Tue Feb 09 1999 - 19:45:56 NZDT