Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 09:11:36 -0500 (EST) From: Rich Payne <rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10003060910330.26559-100000@talisman.mv.com> Subject: Re: [suse-axp] Digital 3305 Install Problems
Can you tell us the boot command you are using and what the system looks
like (IDE, SCSI disks, CD-ROM etc...). The halt code 5 is pretty generic,
but many times means it couldn't mount the root filesystem.
--rdp
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Craig Allen wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I had this problem a while back and now I'm trying again to install SUSE 6.3
> on my DEC Server.
>
> I thought the problem could be with my DEC firmware but now I have upgraded
> it to the latest version and I still get the error below.
>
> I have a Digital 3305R Server 500Mhz, 256Mb RAM (NT White Box Server)
>
> I have downloaded aboot and install from the suse website.
>
> Created my disks using rawrite.
>
> I have setup my boot options via SRM I get the follow error below:
>
> The boot disk loads Ok and the ramdisk starts to load but then I get the
> following error:
>
> Halted CPU 0
> Halt Code = 5
> Halt instruction executed
> PC = fffff0000310040
>
> Any ideas. I'm thinking of trading in the DEC for a Intel box, so much
> easier and painless.
>
> Regards
>
> Craig
>
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Rich Payne
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