Subject: Re: Installation on SparcStation Ultra 1
To: None <port-sparc64@NetBSD.org>
From: John Honniball <coredump@gifford.co.uk>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 01/01/2006 14:36:27
Rui Paulo wrote:
> It seems to me the stack is mangled. The last time I saw a problem
> like this on i386 it was due to the kernel not handling SSE
> exceptions (fixed by Christos).
Well, this made me wonder if I had either a bad CD-ROM ISO
image or some sort of hardware trouble. I did a quick check
of some of the checksums on the CD, and all appeared to be OK.
Then, I started pulling memory modules out of the machine,
taking it down to 384Mb. That installed and ran OK, so I'm
now trying to isolate the duff memory. Can anyone recommend
a really good memory tester for the UltraSparc?
> I don't know the sparc arch very well to understand what's going on
> where and I can be pretty damn wrong :-)
I think you were absolutely correct!
Thanks to all, and sorry for the false alarm.
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John Honniball
coredump@gifford.co.uk