[TriLUG] Alpha Lockups

[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 10:47:21PM -0500, P. L. Charles Fischer spoke thusly:
> I have a Compaq XP1000 (500MHz 21264 chip) that runs Tur64 UNIX and Windows
> NT without any problems.  When I try to run RedHat 7.1 the system runs for a
> few minutes to most of a day, then locks up.
> 
> Any ideas?

First up, have you applied all the errata fixes?

Does is always lock up at about the same time?

Is it a hard lock (can't switch virtual consoles)? 

What do the logfiles say about the times when it locks up?

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