Re: AS 2000 4/233

Did you try an older liveCD?

sometime different versions will work.


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From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "Mathew Thomas" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 3:40 PM
Subject: [gentoo-alpha] AS 2000 4/233


> Hello all,
> 
> I have an old AlphaServer 2000 4/233 (dual CPU) that I am
> trying to bring up on gentoo and was using the 2005.0 CD
> (used to run NT before)
> 
> the problem I am facing is that once the kernel starts
> to boot and recognizes the CPUs, it gets into some
> type of issue and stops
> 
> has anyone got gentoo to boot on this HW ? This is also
> known as machine type "Avanti" I believe and the generic
> kernel is supposed ot be Ok from what I gather. I did
> upgrade the SRM firmware to the latest available from
> the HP/Dec site
> 
> the console message at which it stops is shown below
> 
> T2 machine check: vector=0x660 pc=0xfffffc0001012ba8 code=0x8a
> machine check type: OS-specific PAL bugcheck (retryable)
> pc= [<fffffc0001012ba8>] ra=[<fffffc0001012ba8>] ps=0000 not tainted
> pc is at cpu_idle+0x58/0x80
> ra is at cpu_idle+0x58/0x80
> 
> <snip> (register values I think)
> 
> any help or suggestions are much appreciated
> 
> PS: I subscribe to the digest, so I may not see a response
> immediately
> 
> thanks, Mathew
> 
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