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Hi,

Indeed the problem turned out to be the 400MHz CPU modules with 8MB
cache. The "limit-ecache-size" command at the ok prompt worked like a
charm and we were able to install 2.6, patch it, and run with no further
problems.

Many thanks for all the replies.

Ed Young


In article <7n056a$8ne$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  frostjoe@hotmail.com wrote:
> We just had the same trouble on an E4500.  You need
> the kernel patches that support the 8MB of cache.
>
> To load the OS (5/98) we did a stop-a as it was coming
> up and then typed limit-ecache-size at the OK prompt.
> Then after the OS was loaded and rebooting we
> did another stop-a and again limit-ecache-size
> at the OK prompt. And then we loaded the patches
> No problems after that.
>
> Hope that helps
> Joe
>
> In article <7mnq2o$lge$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   eyoung@ucla.edu wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > We have a E3500 system that refuses to boot Solaris 2.6, it resets
> > shortly after the OS banner comes up. If we boot with the -a flag
then
> > we can see that the resetting happens just after specifying the root
> > device. Booting from an external CDROM or from net both produced the
> > same behavior. But we can install and run Solaris 7 just fine. THe
> > hardware has the following spec:
> >
> > 6 400MHz CPUs
> > 6 GB RAM
> > 2 I/O boards with 2 GBICs each
> > 2 differential SCSI adaptors
> > 1 ATM622 card
> > 5 internal FC-AL disks
> > OBP version 3.3.21
> >
> > Any ideas or comments are much appreciated
> >
> > Ed Young
> >
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