Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!rbj@cmr.icst.nbs.gov From: rbj@cmr.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: What do panic messages mean? Message-ID: <16351@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: 30 Jun 88 15:58:12 GMT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 20 ? Though it is possible that this would occur if the ROM BIOS was ? so stupid as to tell the kernel during boot that the FPU was present, ? but it wasn't. ? Usually, UNIX kernels are designed to not have FPU instructions of their own. Usually UNIX kernels are designed not to have a `ROM BIOS'. Mixing our metaphors, aren't we? :-) ? Chris Lewis, Spectrix Microsystems Inc, Phone: (416)-474-1955 ? UUCP: {uunet!mnetor, utcsri!utzoo, lsuc, yunexus}!spectrix!clewis ? Moderator of the Ferret Mailing List (ferret-list,ferret-request@spectrix) You tell `em, Ferret Face! :-) (Root Boy) Jim CottrellNational Bureau of Standards Flamer's Hotline: (301) 975-5688 The opinions expressed are solely my own and do not reflect NBS policy or agreement Careful with that VAX Eugene!