4.2 \"soft ecc\" errors
root at LBL-CSAM.arpa
root at LBL-CSAM.arpa
Wed Sep 24 09:40:12 AEST 1986
HELP, please!
I am running a VAX 751, with 2.0 MB of TRENDATA memory. I recently
moved from 4.1 to 4.2 OS. Ever since, I get the following error
message at about 10 minute intervals:
mcr0: soft ecc addr xxx syn yy
(xxx and yy are NOT constant)
I also get the following when we boot:
WARNING: should run interleaved swap with >= 2MB
My questions:
1) How do I "run interleaved"?
2) Is the boot message an indication of why I am getting the other
messages?
3) If I go back to 4.1, I don't see the "ecc" message (or the other
one, for that matter). Is there really something wrong with my memory
boards?
4) I have discovered that the "ecc" message is (likely) from
/usr/sys/vax/machdep.c and I have found several
#if TRENDATA
...
#endif
lines. But when I defined TRENDATA as an "optional" in my kernel
configuration file (and reboot), the same error messages continue
to come out. Am I missing some "bugfix" code for TRENDATA memory
on a 750? (Looks like most of the TRENDATA mods are for 780 machines.)
5) Besides risking the filling of my disk from /usr/adm/messages, is
there any other danger in ignoring the error messages?
I'd much appreciate any help. Please reply directly to me at:
trwspf!expert at lbl-csam
or
{decvax,ucbvax}!trwrb!trwspf!expert
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