Re: [suse-axp] Digital 3305 Install Problems

From: Rich Payne (rdp@talisman.alphalinux.org)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 06:11:36 PST

  • Next message: Craig Allen: "RE: [suse-axp] Digital 3305 Install Problems"

    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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