font color=”red”>kernel stack not valid
This weekend, in preparation of all upcoming updates, I did a number of things:
* Downloaded the AXP 8.4 CD’s (ISO’s) as a zip file from the AllianceOne site – I’ve been warned that this one is not the best one and contains a number of BAD THINGS – but with the patches, these should be addressed.
* Unzipped the file and burnt the installation ISO onto CD.
* Downloaded the latest UPDATEs and all patches that overrule what’s in it (according the master ECO list)
* Also dowloaded all latest 8.3 patches from the HP site – to update Diana.
* Downloaded the latest WASD files (and PHPWASD en PHP 5.3 by Mark Berryman)
* Copied the new WASD environment from Daphne (where I tested the whole lot) to Diana
First things first: Overwrite the current 8.4 fieldtest environment on Daphne to the real thing – using the (possibly not-to-best) downloaded file.
That caused no problem.
Next I installed Update 1 – rebooted – PCSI – rebooted – UPDATE 4 – reboot – and the rest in one go – reboot – But No. It did not and broke even before SYSINIT was loaded. So there’s something pretty basic going wrong. No matter wat -flags I added: still the same error:
halt 2
kernel stack not valid
CPU=0
There was one thing to do to get on: Post a message on ITRC, and during the next days there were answers that gave me the information to get on: What to do ‘(log a call with HP), how to get around it, and that I might have been able to prevent it by reading an advisory – if only that would have been shown where you would it to be exposed: as a warning on the download spot! Hoff’s explanation at the end is worth a read, because it tells you what may be going on.
So: “To be done” – next weekend. Log a call with HP as well (though it’s said that engineering does monitor the ITRC site – they would become aware of the issue anyway).
In the mean time, I can set up my new WASD environment – not yet enabling it, but getting it ready to go. Diana isn’t effected in this matter.
Fiber status
Planning was start digging in week 7 – but when starting at the opposite side of the quarter, it takes some more time to get near our place. Hopefully it will be this week, or next; soon after that, I may be get connected – but even than it will take some time before I have the speed I want. So please be patient – I’ll try to have all updates done before that 🙂