> Well, that was with the GENERIC kernel from the installation page ...
> and now that I've got a custom kernel compiled, it isn't crashing,
> sigh.  If it happens again, I'll let you all know.  It seems to only
> occur with heavy disk activity.  As for options on this box ... it's
> a relatively standard AXPPCI 33 with a generic PCI vga card (or by
> "options", do you mean something else?
> 
> I'm wondering what "Processor correctable error" really _means_, though.
> I don't know much about the Alpha at that level, so it's got me mystified.

It's worth noting that "Processor correctable error"s do _not_
directly cause the machine check panic you reported.

Whatever's causing your correctable errors (maybe bad memory, or
something) may also be causing your machine checks.  Alternately,
depending on whether or not my interpretation of how correctable
errors are/should be handled, the fact that the correctable errors
_aren't_ correctly handled (if my interpretation was wrong) could
eventually cause a machine check.

But "machine check"s are _not_ the same as "correctable error"s...




cgd