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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ultrix tape job is unkillable!
Message-ID: <15101@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 88 00:18:04 GMT
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Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <11027@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> ggs@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com
(Griff Smith) writes:
>... a power problem on a VAX 8650 caused an interrupt loop that required a
>re-boot.

We saw something similar on an 8600.  I think the SBIA gets confused.
A more general reset scheme may surface someday (if I ever finish this
paper...); it may be possible to recover even from this.
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