Alpha wont boot--vm_swap_init

From: Darrell King <darrellk_at_altion.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 21:14:54 +0100

Hello,
I somehow managed to screw up the /dev/ directory ie i may have deleted all
the entries. DOhhhh!!
now on bootup it obviously cannot find the devices swap etc./
Is there anyway of getting around this, below is where the machine is
hanging.

vm_swap_init:vm_swapon for /dev/rz16b device failed
vm_swap_init:swap is set to lazy (over commitment) mode

I went through the archives and saw similar problems in '96 messages but
there was no summary.
I have tried booting vmunix and genvmunix from disk and cd.

"boot -fi genvmunix" brings me to the same position.

any ideas ?

(DS10 running TRU64 4.0F --well was running 4.0F)

TIA
Darrell King
Systems Manager
+353 1 6142430
darrellk_at_altion.com
darrellk_at_apion-ti.com
087-2850314
Received on Tue Jul 20 1999 - 20:15:46 NZST

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