>     my standalone IPX (no network). Problem is, whenever the OS reads or
>     writes to the stock SCSI disk (sd@3,0), ie a sun 424, it pulls ot a 
>     strange error, either
>     empty FIFO of 1 dma0 : erroremty FIFO of 1 dma0 : error ..... etc

The `empty FIFO of xxx` message does not indicate abnormal operation, and
can be ignored. I'll deal with this shortly.

Any other `dma0: error ..' is more serious.


>      cpu0: cache chip bug; trap page uncached
>     Is this serious ?
>     Is my hardware fleaky ?

Some machines have a hardware bug that apparently causes malfunctioning when
the trap table page is allowed to be cached. I don't know the details.

So yes, the hardware is flaky but the kernel can work-around it by uncaching
the trap table.

-pk