While installing digital unix 4.0D from cdrom, the install process
crashes and dumps core.
What I am doing: I am installing 4.0D on a brand new server (alpha PC
LX164, SRM version 5.3-3, CRD-5440-1 RAID, 1Gig of memory).
1. power up the system, do 'show dev' at SRM to make sure all
devices are recognized. (dka400 is cdrom, dka0 is install disk).
2. boot -fl i dka400
- boot up starts and I press 'enter' when it asks me for
kernel file. (default = 'vmunix')
3. cd-rom boots, comes up with X-server. Install window pops up.
4. I choose 'default' install plug in values for hostname, root-password,
ate and time, and start the install.
5. It says its installing 31 subsets, and starts doing so...
6. after going through somewhere between 7 to 13 subsets, it crashes,
dumps core, and trips back into SRM.
The error message I see (before it scrolls off) is -
'unaligned kernel space access from kernel mode'.
What I did:
1. spoke with our reseller, and he suggested booting with 'memlimit=256'
to circumvent a possible bug that happens with configs larger
than 256 Meg of RAM.
This does not help. I had the install crash pretty
much in the same manner.
2. Looked through mailing-list archive at
http://www-archive.ornl.gov:8000/.
And didnot find any mention of similar bug.
3. Searched dejanews archives but still no luck.
I am currently trying to get the reseller to give us the cust.code so
I could call techsupport at digital.
I appreciate any help in resolving the install crash problem. I'll
summarize the responses. Thanks in advance!
-vijay
[vijay_at_mr.net]
ps: Also, I am wondering if there is a way to examine the crash dump
without a functioning OS first. Is there a way for me to
boot into the cdrom and examine the coredump on an arbitrary
device?
Received on Wed Mar 10 1999 - 20:52:51 NZDT