[comp.sys.att] PANIC message???

sjchen@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (shu-jen.chen) (04/26/89)

> Whenever I run /etc/errdump, the system crashes with a 
> 	PANIC: SYSTEM BUS TIME OUT INTERRUPT
> when it gets to where it reports on bus errors.
> 
> Any ideas what is causing this?

The last 5 system panic messages are saved in NVRAM with
the pointers logged in a table in NVRAM.  These areas
did not ever get initialized.
A bug in the old errdump, it tries to read the messages
through uninitialized pointers if the system did not
have 5 panics.

Work around: Panic system five times to initialize the pointer table.

denny@mcmi.UUCP (Denny Page) (04/27/89)

sjchen@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (shu-jen.chen) writes:
>Work around: Panic system five times to initialize the pointer table.

If I ever saw an article in need of a smilie, this is it.   :-)

How about: "Just keep running errpt, and the problem will soon go away."   :-)
-- 
Someday never comes

sjchen@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (shu-jen.chen) (05/01/89)

>>Work around: Panic system five times to initialize the pointer table.
> 
> If I ever saw an article in need of a smilie, this is it.   :-)
> 
> How about: "Just keep running errpt, and the problem will soon go away."   :-)
> -- 
> Someday never comes

Somebody just don't know how to appreciate help.