I found a difference between the boot logs of this xserve and the one in Bug#365844. For some reason, linux views this xserve as having 'via-pmu: Server Mode is disabled'
# diff netinst20060503.log.node03 netinst20060503.log.node01 22,23d21 < speed=ffffffff 2 2 \ < sbp2:Open ->login? 25a24,25 > speed=ffffffff 2 2 \ > sbp2:Open ->login? 144c144 -> < via-pmu: Server Mode is disabled --- > via-pmu: Server Mode is enabled 147c147 < nvram: gen0=116, gen1=115 --- > nvram: gen0=198, gen1=197 194c194 -> < via-pmu: Server Mode is disabled --- > via-pmu: Server Mode is enabled 197c197 < nvram: gen0=116, gen1=115 --- > nvram: gen0=198, gen1=197 247,281c247,276 -> < Unable to handle kernel paging request for data at address 0xc00000007c4d7480 < Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000002cc80 < Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] < SMP NR_CPUS=32 NUMA POWERMAC < Modules linked in: . . . why would attaching a USB device turn change the behavior of the pmu? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Toni Harbaugh-Blackford [EMAIL PROTECTED] System Administrator Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC) National Cancer Institute Contractor - SAIC/Frederick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]