On 10/21/2013 11:37 PM, Jon Perryman wrote:
The point was that the error was so severe that it caused a wait state and required a standalone dump for analysis. Typically, IPL should proceed at least to activate the console and place the message on the console. IBM tries to make the system at least somewhat viable even if it cannot provide full functionality. Wait state codes without messages are typically a last resort situation.
This kind of error rarely gets mentioned on IBM-MAIN because SAD of early IPL failure is super fast and IPCS takes only seconds to init such a dump. The problems are usually fixed immediately and folks move on to more challenging issues.
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