From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Hall, Jenna S" Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 21:31:22 +0000 Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] ia64_log_get error while booting Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org Daniel, What BIOS are you running on your Lion? Older BIOSes did not have the correct firmware support for machine checks, so if you boot a kernel with CONFIG_IA64_MCA enabled in the kernel config, this behavior could result. You have two options: 1. Upgrade your BIOS - this is only an option if you have an OEM Lion (it is not recommended or supported by Intel to upgrade the BIOS past build 83 on SDV Lions). You can determine if you have an OEM Lion by looking at the back of the legacy I/O card inside the machine - OEM machines will have "OEM Legacy" silkscreened on the back of the card. 2. Disable CONFIG_IA64_MCA in your .config file, rebuild the kernel, then reboot with that new kernel. Jenna -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Yeisley [mailto:dpy102@alumni.psu.edu] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 12:57 PM To: linux-ia64@linuxia64.org Subject: [Linux-ia64] ia64_log_get error while booting I'm new to Linux on the IA64. I installed Redhat 7.2 for the Itanium on a Lion system this morning. It seemed to work fine. I changed my screen resolution and rebooted. I get a warning saying that my event log is full. Linux starts to boot, but then it goes into what seems to be an infinite loop of alternating error messages. They go by very quickly, but I believe that they are: ia64_log_get: Failed to retrieve SAL error record type ... ia64_mca_cpe_int_handler: received interrupt. vector I've looked in the kernel source and both messages come from mca.c. I'm not sure what the problem is. I can't boot the machine, not even from the Redhat CDs. -------------------------------------------------- Get Your FREE E-Mail Account Today at AcmeMail.net http://www.acmemail.net _______________________________________________ Linux-IA64 mailing list Linux-IA64@linuxia64.org http://lists.linuxia64.org/lists/listinfo/linux-ia64