Kernel error message at boot time.
I have the following setup:
DIGITAL Personal Workstation 500a
21164 @ 500MHz
256MB ram
4.1GB SCSI HDD
And are trying to run Debian 3.0 Alpha.
I fire up MILO from CD1, and give the following commands:
hda:
(to switch to the CDROM)
boot /boot/linux root=/dev/ram initrd=/boot/root.bin
The kernel boots, I see some boot messages, and then a bunch of messages
like:
"PYXIS machine check: vector=0x630 pc=0xfffffc0000436c20 code=0x86"
"machine check type: correctable ECC error (retryable)"
appear, maybe 40-50 lines.
And the usual kernel messages appears.
Then "Ramdisk (compressed).... " and a never ending waterfall of new
"PYXIS machine check: vector=0x630 pc=0xfffffc0000436c20 code=0x86"
"machine check type: correctable ECC error (retryable)"
errors.
The "Ramdisk (compressed)..." leads me to the conclusion that the kernel
has
booted and are trying to convert the initrd to a ramdisk to mount as
root file system.
Is my conclusion correct?
I suspect that something is very wrong with this machine hardwarewise.
What does the messages mean?
/Mattias Svensson
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