Subject: Re: Boot trouble
To: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
From: Anders Hogrelius SdU <elt96ahs@mds.mdh.se>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/12/2000 11:22:12
On Thu, 11 May 2000, Chuck McManis wrote:

> Several things:
> > NetBSD 1.4L (NEWUBA) #527: Tue Oct 26 20:45:16 CEST 1999
> 
> Pretty old kernel, -current is 1.4Y, I use 1.4X on my M76
> 
> > primary cache status: 21a<DPERR,HIT,REFRESH,ENABLE>
> > secondary cache status: ffe1<TPE,DPE,MISS,ENABLE>
> > total memory = 32508 KB
> > memory error!
> > primary cache status: 21a<DPERR,HIT,REFRESH,ENABLE>
> > secondary cache status: ffe1<TPE,DPE,MISS,ENABLE>
> > avail memory = 27492 KB
> 

I've seen problems that look exactly like this on my m76 when
rebooting after installing a new kernel. The only thing that
has helped for me, is to make a cold boot of the system. It
seems that a warm reboot doesn't initialize the cache correctly.


-- 
cheers,

/Anders

"Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake 
 the second time you make it." G. Fowler 

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