Kernel on RH7.0 beta for Alpha panics with large memory configurations. Please see attached error log for more information. Norberto -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SROM V2.0 CPU # 00 @ 0500 MHz SROM program starting Reloading SROM SROM V2.5-F CPU # 00 @ 0500 MHz SROM program starting Starting secondary on CPU #1 Starting secondary on CPU #2 Bcache data tests in progress Bcache address test in progress CPU parity and ECC detection in progress Bcache ECC data tests in progress Bcache TAG lines tests in progress Memory sizing in progress Memory configuration in progress Memory data test in progress Memory address test in progress Memory pattern test in progress Memory thrashing test in progress Memory initialization Loading console Code execution complete (transfer control) OpenVMS PALcode V1.69-2, Tru64 UNIX PALcode V1.62-1 starting console on CPU 0 initialized idle PCB initializing semaphores initializing heap initial heap 200c0 memory low limit = 154000 heap = 200c0, 17fc0 initializing driver structures initializing idle process PID initializing file system initializing hardware initializing timer data structures lowering IPL CPU 0 speed is 500 MHz create dead_eater create poll create timer create powerup access NVRAM Memory size 4608 MB testing memory ... probe I/O subsystem probing hose 1, PCI bus 0, slot 4 -- ewa -- DE500-BA Network Controller bus 0, slot 6 -- pka -- QLogic ISP10x0 probing hose 0, PCI probing PCI-to-ISA bridge, bus 1 bus 0, slot 1 -- vga -- ELSA GLoria Synergy bus 0, slot 3 -- pkb -- NCR 53C895 bus 0, slot 15 -- dqa -- Acer Labs M1543C IDE bus 0, slot 15 -- dqb -- Acer Labs M1543C IDE starting drivers entering idle loop initializing keyboard starting console on CPU 1 initialized idle PCB initializing idle process PID lowering IPL CPU 1 speed is 500 MHz create powerup starting console on CPU 2 initialized idle PCB initializing idle process PID lowering IPL CPU 2 speed is 500 MHz create powerup initializing pkb pka ewa dqa dqb Memory Testing and Configuration Status Array Size Base Address Intlv Mode --------- ---------- ---------------- ---------- 0 512Mb 0000000100000000 2-Way 1 2048Mb 0000000000000000 2-Way 2 1024Mb 0000000080000000 2-Way 3 1024Mb 00000000c0000000 2-Way 4608 MB of System Memory Partition 0, Memory base: 000000000, size: 120000000 initializing GCT/FRU at 196000 AlphaServer ES40 Console V5.6-102, built on Nov 29 1999 at 10:47:31 P00>>> P00>>>b dqa0 -fi kernels/vmlinux.gz -fl "root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0" (boot dqa0.0.0.15.0 -file kernels/vmlinux.gz -flags root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0) block 0 of dqa0.0.0.15.0 is a valid boot block reading 163 blocks from dqa0.0.0.15.0 bootstrap code read in base = 200000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 14600 initializing HWRPB at 2000 initializing page table at 3fbb2000 initializing machine state setting affinity to the primary CPU jumping to bootstrap code aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.7 aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.62 aboot: booting from device 'IDE 0 15 0 0 0 0 0' aboot: no disklabel found. iso: Max size:304715 Log zone size:2048 iso: First datazone:27 Root inode number 55296 aboot: loading compressed kernels/vmlinux.gz... aboot: segment 0, 2208672 bytes at 0xfffffc0000310000 aboot: zero-filling 318128 bytes at 0xfffffc000052b3a0 aboot: starting kernel kernels/vmlinux.gz with arguments root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0 Linux version 2.2.16-24BOOT (root.redhat.com) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Thu Sep 14 18:20:01 EDT 2000 Booting GENERIC on Tsunami variation Clipper using machine vector Clipper from SRM Command line: root=/dev/hda console=ttyS0 Cropping memory from 4608MB to 2048MB Turning on RTC interrupts. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 987.76 BogoMIPS Memory: 2067520k available Dentry hash table entries: 262144 (order 9, 4096k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 524288 (order 9, 4096k) Page cache hash table entries: 262144 (order 8, 2048k) POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX Alpha PCI BIOS32 revision 0.04 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 524288 bhash 65536) Starting kswapd v 1.5 Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size loop: registered device at major 7 PCI_IDE: unknown IDE controller on PCI bus 00 device 78, VID=10b9, DID=5229 PCI_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled ide0: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) PCI_IDE: simplex device: DMA disabled ide1: PCI_IDE Bus-Master DMA disabled (BIOS) hda: COMPAQ CDR-8435, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 hda: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.10 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 2.88M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12 raid5: measuring checksumming speed 8regs : 3736.000 MB/sec 32regs : 1448.000 MB/sec using fastest function: 8regs (3736.000 MB/sec) qlogicisp : new isp1020 revision ID (5) sym53c8xx: at PCI bus 0, device 3, function 0 sym53c8xx: setting PCI_COMMAND_PARITY...(fix-up) sym53c8xx: 53c895 detected with Symbios NVRAM sym53c895-0: rev=0x02, base=0xa800000, io_port=0x8000, irq=32 sym53c895-0: NCR clock is 39857KHz, 39857KHz sym53c895-0: Symbios format NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-40, Parity Checking sym53c895-0: initial SCNTL3/DMODE/DCNTL/CTEST3/4/5 = (hex) 00/00/00/00/00/00 sym53c895-0: final SCNTL3/DMODE/DCNTL/CTEST3/4/5 = (hex) 07/4e/80/00/08/24 sym53c895-0: on-chip RAM at 0xa801000 sym53c895-0: resetting, command processing suspended for 2 seconds sym53c895-0: restart (scsi reset). sym53c895-0: enabling clock multiplier sym53c895-0: Downloading SCSI SCRIPTS. scsi0 : QLogic ISP1020 SCSI on PCI bus 01 device 30 irq 60 I/O base 0x10000b800 scsi1 : sym53c8xx - version 1.3g scsi : 2 hosts. sym53c895-0: command processing resumed Vendor: DEC Model: RZ2DD-LS (C) DEC Rev: 0306 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 sym53c895-0-<0,0>: tagged command queue depth set to 8 scsi : detected 1 SCSI generic 1 SCSI disk total. sym53c895-0-<0,*>: FAST-40 SCSI 40.0 MB/s (25 ns, offset 15) SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17773524 [8678 MB] [8.7 GB] Partition check: sda: unknown partition table md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4104 VFS: Mounted root (iso9660 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 160k freed Warning: unable to open an initial console. Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
It looks like something could be wrong with your disk's partition table. Regardless, kernelcfg is only a configuration tool for controlling the contents of /etc/modules.conf, so I'm reassigning this to the kernel component.
Boot the installer with "boot dqa0 -fl 0", BIGMEM is in final as well.