Re: SYM53c8xx Panic on Boot: 2.6.1rc1 (Alpha)
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 10:06:32PM -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> > Adhoc fffffc000043ec28 <__make_request+98/700>
> > Adhoc fffffc001fe72432 <END_OF_CODE+1f7facca/????>
> >
> > (which doesn't look very useful to me.)
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Did you try the old SYM driver?
No, I could not find it in the config system, though to be honest I
haven't looked closely and may have missed something obvious.
> Are you really booting from MILO?
Indeed. It is my understanding that only MILO can boot my AlphaBIOS
system. I have been booting this way since I bought the Alpha new,
sometime in 1997 or 1998. If more recent developments have obsoleted
MILO (without requiring me to switch to SRM), I'd be interested.
-- John
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