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"PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot
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RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot
(12-08-2018, 08:58 AM)dexter1 Wrote:  You might want to try indy99's suggestion before you buy a new CPU:

(12-08-2018, 12:53 AM)indy99 Wrote:  There was a known bug with some variants of the Indy R5 processor (Revision 1.0?) that could cause SEGV faults during IRIX 6.5 installs.  

It's been quite some time, but as I (vaguely) recall the fix for that issue was to set "_R5000_CVT_WAR" as a PROM variable.

Correct, For some R5000 machines, notably Indy's, this environment variable setting was needed to install 6.5.22m. Internet thread with the info is: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/com...00016.html

And for reference you have to set the variable in the PROM of the machine via:

setenv -p _R5000_CVT_WAR 0

The -p preserves the variable setting in the prom IIRC.

Yeah I found the command in an old nekochan thread, it didn't work as stated above. The kernel fault I'm getting is different to what you would see with that error anyway.
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"PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by DeChief - 12-07-2018, 05:34 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by Raion - 12-07-2018, 03:15 PM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by indy99 - 12-08-2018, 12:53 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by Raion - 12-08-2018, 05:09 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by DeChief - 12-08-2018, 06:04 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by Raion - 12-08-2018, 06:14 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by dexter1 - 12-08-2018, 08:58 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by DeChief - 12-09-2018, 02:02 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by DeChief - 02-01-2019, 07:06 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by DeChief - 02-01-2019, 10:03 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by Raion - 02-01-2019, 06:29 PM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by callahan - 02-01-2019, 10:30 PM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by DeChief - 02-02-2019, 01:37 AM
RE: "PANIC: KERNEL FAULT" when trying to install Irix 6.5.22 via irixboot - by jan-jaap - 02-02-2019, 01:27 PM

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