I'll post most of the console output basically I'm try to install netbsd current
onto my 1000A 4/266 which normally runs Digital UNIX 4.0D which is having no
problems with the hardware so I discount what netbsd is seeing 670 as an
uncorrectable cpu error. So what I expect is that either the PAL doesn't match
what netbsd expects or netbsd is setting up system in some strange way. Its
a bit hard to diagnose with out some machine already running this is my only
alpha the rest are PPC or Intel which aren't a whole lot of help with this.

        Any suggestions ?

                Mark:)

ff.fe.fd.fc.fb.fa.f9.f8.f7.f6.f5.f3.f2.f1.f0.ef.df.ee.f4.
probing hose 0, PCI
probing PCI-to-EISA bridge, bus 1
probing PCI-to-PCI bridge, bus 2
probing PCI-to-PCI bridge, bus 3
bus 2, slot  0 -- pka -- QLogic ISP1020
bus 0, slot 11 -- ewa -- DECchip 21040-AA
bus 0, slot 12 -- tga -- DECchip ZLXp 21030
bus 3, slot  0 -- ewb -- DECchip 21040-AA
bus 3, slot  1 -- pkb -- QLogic ISP1020
ed.ec.eb.....ea.e9.e8.e7.e6.e5.e4.e3.e2.e1.e0.
V5.0-98, built on Sep 19 1997 at 10:04:42

CPU 0 booting

(boot dka400.4.0.2000.0 -flags A)
block 0 of dka400.4.0.2000.0 is a valid boot block
reading 15 blocks from dka400.4.0.2000.0
bootstrap code read in
Building FRU table
base = 1c0000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1e00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 13ff0000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/Alpha 1.3I Primary Boot +
+.o.
Jumping to entry point...

NetBSD/Alpha Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9
(root@giauzar, Sun Jan 24 12:36:45 MST 1999)

VMS PAL rev: 0x1000700010538
OSF PAL rev: 0x1000c0002012d
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

Boot flags: A

Loading netbsd...
|/-5226592\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|
/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\|/-\+209336 [85]

Entering netbsd at 0xfffffc0000301040...
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 1.3I (INSTALL) #0: Mon Jan 25 01:10:32 MST 1999
    root@giauzar:/usr/srcwork/snap/src/sys/arch/alpha/compile/INSTALL
AlphaServer 1000A 4/266, 266MHz
8192 byte page size, 1 processor.
real mem = 335544320 (1908736 reserved for PROM, 333635584 used by NetBSD)
avail mem = 286883840
using 4072 buffers containing 33357824 bytes of memory
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21064A (pass 1.1)
apecs0 at mainbus0: DECchip 21072 Core Logic chipset
apecs0: DC21071-CA pass 2, 128-bit memory bus
apecs0: DC21071-DA pass 2
pci0 at apecs0 bus 0
pci0: i/o enabled, memory enabled
pceb0 at pci0 dev 7 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x0482 (rev. 0x05)
ppb0 at pci0 dev 8 function 0: vendor 0x1011 product 0x0001 (rev. 0x02)
pci1 at ppb0 bus 2
pci1: i/o enabled, memory enabled
isp0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0
isp0: Board Revision 1020A, loaded F/W Revision 7.55
isp0: Last F/W revision was 5.27
isp0: interrupting at dec_1000a irq 0
scsibus0 at isp0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <DEC, RZ28B    (C) DEC, 0006> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd0: 2007MB, 3045 cyl, 16 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4110480 sectors
sd1 at scsibus0 targ 2 lun 0: <DEC, RZ28M    (C) DEC, 0616> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd1: 2007MB, 3045 cyl, 16 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4110480 sectors
cd0 at scsibus0 targ 4 lun 0: <DEC, RRD45   (C) DEC, 1645> SCSI2 5/cdrom
removable
st0 at scsibus0 targ 5 lun 0: <DEC, TLZ07     (C)DEC, 553B> SCSI2
1/sequential removable
st0: density code 0x24, variable blocks, write-protected
de0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0
de0: interrupting at dec_1000a irq 1
de0: DEC 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.4
de0: address 00:00:f8:21:ea:20
tga0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: DC21030 step C, board type T8-02
tga0: 1280 x 1024, 8bpp, Bt485 RAMDAC
tga0: interrupting at dec_1000a irq 3
wsdisplay0 at tga0
wsdisplay0: screen 0 added (std, sun emulation)
ppb1 at pci0 dev 13 function 0: vendor 0x1011 product 0x0001 (rev. 0x02)
pci2 at ppb1 bus 3
pci2: i/o enabled, memory enabled
de1 at pci2 dev 0 function 0
de1: interrupting at dec_1000a irq 5
de1: DEC 21040 [10Mb/s] pass 2.4
de1: address 08:00:2b:e7:eb:c6
isp1 at pci2 dev 1 function 0
isp1: Board Revision 1020A, loaded F/W Revision 7.55
isp1: interrupting at dec_1000a irq 6
scsibus1 at isp1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
sd2 at scsibus1 targ 0 lun 0: <DEC, RZ28D    (C) DEC, 0008> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd2: 2007MB, 3045 cyl, 16 head, 84 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4110480 sectors
sd3 at scsibus1 targ 2 lun 0: <DEC, RZ29B    (C) DEC, 0016> SCSI2 0/direct fixed
sd3: 4091MB, 3708 cyl, 20 head, 113 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8380080 sectors
eisa0 at pceb0
eisa0: can't map I/O space for slot 9
eisa0: can't map I/O space for slot 10
isa0 at pceb0
com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo
com0: console
com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo
lpt0 at isa0 port 0x3bc-0x3bf irq 7
pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64
pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot)
pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot
wskbd0 at pckbd0
psm0 at pckbc0 (aux slot)
pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot
wsmouse0 at psm0
mcclock0 at isa0 port 0x70-0x71: mc146818 or compatible
de0: enabling AUI/BNC port
de1: enabling AUI/BNC port
wscons: wskbd0 glued to wsdisplay0
md0: internal 3072K image area
root on md0a dumps on md0b
root file system type: ffs
Terminal type? [sun]
erase ^?, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C


 Welcome to sysinst, the NetBSD-1.3I system installation tool.
 This menu-driven tool is designed to help you install NetBSD to a hard
 disk, or upgrade an existing NetBSD system, with a minimum of work.
 In the following menus, you may change the current selection by
 either typing the reference letter (a, b, c, ...).  Arrow keys may also work.
 You activate the current selection from the menu by typing the enter key.

 If you booted from a floppy, you may now remove the disk.

 Thank you for using NetBSD!
 **************************************************  NetBSD-1.3I Install
System****>a: Install NetBSD to hard disk** b: Upgrade NetBSD on a hard
disk** c: Re-install sets or install additional sets ** d: Reboot the
computer** e: Utility menu** f: Exit Install
System************************************************** a: Install NetBSD
to hard disk>b: Upgrade NetBSD on a hard disk b: Upgrade NetBSD on a hard
disk>c: Re-install sets or install additional sets c: Re-install sets or
install additional sets>d: Reboot the computer d: Reboot the computer>e:
Utility menu

************************* NetBSD-1.3I Utility  ****>a: Run /bin/sh** b:
Configure network ** c: Logging functions ** d: Halt the system   ** x:
Exit*************************

# fsck /dev/rsd0a
Warning: received processor correctable error.
fsck: /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
fsck: /etc/fstab: No such file or directory
** /dev/rsd0a
** Last Mounted on /mnt
** Phase 1 - Check Blocks and Sizes
** Phase 2 - Check Pathnames
** Phase 3 - Check Connectivity
** Phase 4 - Check Reference Counts
** Phase 5 - Check Cyl groups
2 files, 2 used, 126829 free (21 frags, 15851 blocks, 0.0% fragmentation)

MARK FILE SYSTEM CLEAN? [yn] y


***** FILE SYSTEM MARKED CLEAN *****

***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
# mount /dev/sd0a /mnt
Warning: received processor correctable error.
# cd /mnt
Warning: received processor correctable error.
# tar xvf /dev/erst
unexpected machine check:

    mces    = 0x1
    vector  = 0x670
    param   = 0xfffffc0000006000
    pc      = 0xfffffc000032e718
    ra      = 0xfffffc000032e6fc
    curproc = 0x0

panic: machine check
syncing disks... done

dump to dev 6,1 not possible

--
Suzanne Prince  & Mark Garrett  gcs@s054.aone.net.au