FreeBSD 4.5 on Digital 2100

FreeBSD 4.5 on Digital 2100

Post by Andy Kres » Sat, 11 May 2002 02:29:03



Hi,
  I have a Digital 2100 (3 Processor 4/275) that I am trying to install
FreeBSD 4.5 on.  I am booting from the ISO.  The problem I've encountered
looks to be one that others have seen, but I can't seem to find a solution.

Towards the end of the boot, as the SCSI is detected I see the following
error:

sym0: No NVRAM, ID7, Fast-10, SE, parity checking
CACHE TEST FAILED: DMA error (dstat=0x81).sym0: CACHE INCORRECTLY CONFIGURED

The system then panics and wants to reboot.

I've checked the I/O board as well as the ECU to see if there are any
options for this SCSI chip.  No luck.  Does anyone have a work around?
Thank you...

-Andy