PROBLEM: (EMZB83716, QAR 48019) (Patch ID: OSF375-057) ******** The Unix kernel crashes during installation if the memory in the system exceeds 1GB. This has only been seen on AlphaServer 2100A class systems with greater than 1GB of memory. During driver initialization, a machine check 660 such as the following occurs: Alpha boot: available memory from 0x29be000 to 0x7fffe000 Digital UNIX V4.0 (Rev. 386); Mon May 20 04:41:58 EDT 1996 physical memory = 2048.00 megabytes. available memory = 2006.31 megabytes. using 2618 buffers containing 20.45 megabytes of memory Master cpu at slot 0. Firmware revision: 4.5 PALcode: OSF version 1.21 ibus0 at nexus AlphaServer 2100 5/250 cpu 0 EV-5 4mb b-cache cpu 1 EV-5 4mb b-cache gpc0 at ibus0 pci0 at ibus0 slot 0 tu0: DECchip 21040-AA: Revision: 2.3 Machine Check SYSTEM Fatal Abort pal temp[0-1] = d02cadc77bdecdf9 0000000000000006 pal temp[2-3] = fffffc00004042a0 0000000000004200 pal temp[4-5] = 0000008180000000 0000000380000000 pal temp[6-7] = 0000000198000000 fffffc0000403cf0 pal temp[8-9] = 1f1e161514020100 fffffc0000404010 pal temp[10-11] = fffffc0000407704 fffffc0000403e70 pal temp[12-13] = fffffc0000404210 000ic (cpu 0): System Uncorrectable Machine Check 660 ... PROBLEM: (MCSM715R1) (Patch ID: OSF375-084) ******** This patch fixes a problem that occurs on an AlphaServer 2100A system. When the system is shut down using the "shutdown -r" command, the system will not reboot.