HP kernel with values as suggested by Informix release notes won't boot
Posted in 1997
Hi, I created a new HP-UX kernel (v9.04) using the values suggested in the Informix release notes (OnLine 7.12.UC1). Our machine is an E55 HP-server with 128 MB RAM. The system refuses to boot from this kernel. Any help will be appreciated. Kris Minne. minne_kris@delaware-computing.com ***** USED PARAMETER VALUES (as suggested in file $INFORMIXDIR/release/ONLINE_7.1):: Message Related Paramters message map(msgmap) = 2048 max message size(msgmax) = 32768 maximum number of bytes on the msg Q(msgmnb) = 65535 number of msg Q identifiers(msgmni) = 50 number of msg segments(msgseg) = 32767 message segment size(msgssz) = 32 number of msg headers(msgtql) = 2046 Semaphore Related Parameters maximum value for semaphores(semaem)= 16384 Semaphore map(semmap)= 522 number of semaphore identifiers(semmni) = 4096 total number of semaphores in the system(semmns) = 4096 number of semaphore undo structures(semmnu) = 4096 semaphore undo enteries per process(semume) = 4096 semaphore maximum value(semvmx) = 32767 Shared Memory Related Parameters maximum shared memory segment size in bytes(shmmax) = 805306367 minimum shared memory segment size in bytes(shmmin) = 1 maximum shared memory segments in system (shmmni) = 256 maximum shared memory segments per process(shmseg) = 100 Accounting Code Parameters threshold of freespace to re-enable process accounting(acctresume) = 4 threshold of freespace to suspend accounting(acctsuspend) = 2 scheduling timeslice interval(timeslice) = 10 File System Parameters number of buffer pages in buffer cache(bufpages) = 0 number of filesystem buffer cache buffer headers(nbuf) = 0 number of open files in the system(nfile) = 8192 number of file locks in the system(nflocks) = 200 maximum number of in-core inodes (ninode) = 8192 Process Related Parameters maximum size of data segment(maxdsiz) = 117440512 maximum size of stack segment(maxssiz) = 8388608 maximum size of text segment(maxtsiz) = 67108864 maximum number of user process(maxuprc) = 2048 maximum number of processes(nproc) = 4224 Miscellaneous Parameters number of timeouts that can be scheduled (ncallout) = 4288 number of pseudo-teletypes(npty) = 60 minutes west of the Greenwich meridian(timezone) = 480 unlockable memory(unlockable_mem) = 0 Networking Parameters number of bytes of physical memory for networking(netmemmax) = 0 Cluster Related Parameters system identification(dskless_node) = 0 maximum swap space allocated(maxswapchunks) = 256 minimum swap space allocated(minswapchunks) = 1 Server node flag(server_node) = 1 Swap Related Parameters Maximum data size for swap(dmmax) = 2048 Minimum data size for swap(dmmin) = 32 Shared memory block size for swap(dmshm) = 2048 Text block size for swap(dmtext) = 2048 Maximum number of filesystems that can use dynamic swap(nswapfs) = 10 ***** ERRORS on console when booting from this kernel: Space registers 0-7 00-03 00000000 = = = = 04-07 = = = = = IIA space = 0x00000000 IIA offset = 0x00150e38 CHeck type = 0x20000000 CPU State = 0x9e000004 cache check = 0 TLB check = 0 Bus check= 0x00310000 assist check = 0 assist state = 0 system responder address = 0x08321db8 system requestor address = 0xfffbe000 path info = 0 MIOC status register = 0x00000082 GeckoBoa status register = 00430043 Configured memory = 0x08000000 CPU diagnose register 0 = 0x30100afe HPMC error log information Timestamp Mon Sep 8 10:34:27 GMT 1997 HPMC type = 503f I/O Module Error Log Info No I/O Module errors logged Responder = 0x08321db8 Requester = 0xfffbe000