[SunHELP] panicbuf when booting from cdrom

[Greg]

On 12/06/01 10:51 AM, Leslie V Brigance wrote:

> Trying to boot an SS20 from cdrom - from ok prompt enter:
>      boot cdrom
> 
> goes thru post & memory check and then aborts with error
> 
>      (Can't deduct panicbuf from physical memory list) program terminated.
> 
> and takes me back to the ok prompt.


Make sure memory is installed in slot 0 (one of the two end slots, I 
don't remember which).  If there's no memory at physical address 0 then 
the kernel gets a bit upset because the panicbuf is hard-wired to reside 
there (fixed on sun4u machines).

-greg


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