Subject: Trying to boot a AlphaServer 1200
To: None <port-alpha@netbsd.org>
From: Torsten Harenberg <harenberg@physik.uni-wuppertal.de>
List: port-alpha
Date: 02/22/2007 14:33:21
Dear list,

I try to re-activate an AlphaServer 1200 (that's what a label says, SRM is 
calling this machine a "DIGITAL Ultimate Workstation 533au2"). Tried to boot 
from a NetBSD 3.0/alpha disk but the kernel stucks while booting:


  SROM V3.0 on cpu0
  SROM V3.0 on cpu1
XSROM V5.4 on cpu0
XSROM V5.4 on cpu1
BCache testing complete on cpu0
BCache testing complete on cpu1
mem_pair0 -  256 MB
mem_pair1 -  256 MB
20..20..21..21..23..
please wait 12 seconds for T24 to complete
24..24..
Memory testing complete on cpu0
Memory testing complete on cpu1
starting console on CPU 0
sizing memory
   0    256 MB DIMM
   1    256 MB DIMM
starting console on CPU 1
..probing IOD1 hose 1
   bus 0 slot 1 - NCR 53C810
   bus 0 slot 2 - QLogic ISP1020
   bus 0 slot 4 - NCR 53C895
probing IOD0 hose 0
   bus 0 slot 1 - PCEB
     probing EISA Bridge, bus 1
   bus 0 slot 2 - DEC PowerStorm
   bus 0 slot 3 - DECchip 21140-AA
** keyboard error **
configuring I/O adapters...
   ncr0,  bus 0, slot 1
   isp0, hose 1, bus 0, slot 2
   ncr1, hose 1, bus 0, slot 4
   floppy0, hose 0, bus 1, slot 0
   tulip0, hose 0, bus 0, slot 3
System temperature is 26 degrees C
DIGITAL Ultimate Workstation 533au2 Console V5.4-2, 8-APR-1999 14:36:23
P00>>>
P00>>>sh dev
polling ncr0 (NCR 53C810) slot 1, bus 0 PCI, hose 1   SCSI Bus ID 7
dka500.5.0.1.1     DKA500                   RRD47  1206
polling isp0 (QLogic ISP1020) slot 2, bus 0 PCI, hose 1   SCSI Bus ID 7
dkb0.0.0.2.1       DKB0                     RZ1CB-CS  0844
polling ncr1 (NCR 53C895) slot 4, bus 0 PCI, hose 1   SCSI Bus ID 4
dkc600.6.0.4.1     DKC600                   CMD TECH CRD-5440-4  C1-9
polling floppy0 (FLOPPY) PCEB - XBUS hose 0
dva0.0.0.1000.0    DVA0                      RX23
polling tulip0 (DECchip 21140-AA) slot 3, bus 0 PCI, hose 0
ewa0.0.0.3.0       00-00-F8-10-CB-2C    FastFD (Full Duplex)
P00>>>b dka500
(boot dka500.5.0.1.1 -flags A)
block 0 of dka500.5.0.1.1 is a valid boot block
reading 13 blocks from dka500.5.0.1.1
bootstrap code read in
Building FRU table
base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1a00
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page table at 1f2000
initializing machine state
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code

NetBSD/alpha 3.0 ISO 9660 Primary Bootstrap
Jumping to entry point...

NetBSD/alpha 3.0 Secondary Bootstrap, Revision 1.13
(riz@faith.netbsd.org, Sun Dec 18 21:28:37 UTC 2005)

VMS PAL rev: 0x4000100010115
OSF PAL rev: 0x4000100020117
Switch to OSF PAL code succeeded.

Boot flags: A
open netbsd: No such file or directory
open netbsd.gz: No such file or directory
open netbsd.bak: No such file or directory
open netbsd.bak.gz: No such file or directory
open netbsd.old: No such file or directory
open netbsd.old.gz: No such file or directory
open onetbsd: No such file or directory
open onetbsd.gz: No such file or directory
8707872+154664=0x874008

Entering netbsd.alpha at 0xfffffc00003012e0...
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
     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 3.0 (INSTALL) #0: Sun Dec 18 22:10:08 UTC 2005
         riz@faith.netbsd.org:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-3-0-RELEASE/alpha/200512182L
DIGITAL Ultimate Workstation 533au2, 531MHz, s/n AY84554866
8192 byte page size, 2 processors.
total memory = 512 MB
(2064 KB reserved for PROM, 509 MB used by NetBSD)
avail memory = 492 MB
mainbus0 (root)
cpu0 at mainbus0: ID 0 (primary), 21164A-2
cpu0: Architecture extensions: 1<BWX>
cpu1 at mainbus0: ID 1, 21164A-2
cpu1: processor off-line; multiprocessor support not present in kernel
mcbus0 at mainbus0: 4MB BCache
mcmem0 at mcbus0 mid 1: Memory
mcpcia0 at mcbus0 mid 5: PCI Bridge
mcpcia0: Horse Revision 3, Left Handed Saddle Revision 0, CAP Revision 2
pci0 at mcpcia0 bus 0
pci0: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
siop0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c810 (fast scsi)
siop0: interrupting at kn300 irq 36
scsibus0 at siop0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
isp0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0: QLogic 1020 Fast Wide SCSI HBA
isp0: interrupting at kn300 irq 40
scsibus1 at isp0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
siop1 at pci0 dev 4 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c895 (ultra2-wide scsi)
siop1: using on-board RAM
siop1: interrupting at kn300 irq 48
scsibus2 at siop1: 16 targets, 8 luns per target
mcpcia1 at mcbus0 mid 4: PCI Bridge
mcpcia1: Horse Revision 3, Left Handed Saddle Revision 0, CAP Revision 2
pci1 at mcpcia1 bus 0
pci1: i/o space, memory space enabled, rd/line, rd/mult, wr/inv ok
pceb0 at pci1 dev 1 function 0: vendor 0x8086 product 0x0482 (rev. 0x15)

Anybody an idea? Can this machine still be used?

Cheers,

  Torsten

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