Subject: Re: diskless boot fails on Super COMPstation 20S
To: Michael K. Sanders <msanders@celestar.com>
From: John R. Daily <jdaily@bbn.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/07/1997 20:49:15
Michael K. Sanders wrote:
<snip>
> Data modified on freelist: word 0 of object 0xf867a780 size 60 previous type free (0x0 != 0xdeadbeef)
> obio0 at obio0
> Data modified on freelist: word 0 of object 0xf8151978 size 40 previous type ??? (0xf867z780 != 0xdeadbeef)
<snip>
> So, any ideas on either problem? Is 'deadbeef' supposed to be some
> sort of sick twisted joke? :)

I'm afraid I can't contribute much to the discussion, but I can
at least point out that "deadbeef" is Sun's standard string to
insert into the kernel at a certain point in memory to keep an
eye on, and determine whether that block of memory has been
(wrongly) modified.

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