"Its funny you should mention that"... I was just adding it to
	the mini NetBSD/hp300 faq on www.netbsd.org :)

		David/absolute

    "Its a bright sunny california day outside, and you're inside. Why?"
    "One can only presume that was a rhetorical question..."

On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Herb Peyerl wrote:

> Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 06:36:16 -0700
> From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
> To: Steve Peurifoy <sp128@ibm.net>
> Cc: jp@spektr.ludvika.se, port-hp300@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: What to do with a hp300/380? 
> 
> Steve Peurifoy <sp128@ibm.net>  wrote:
>  > > Secondary Loader Revision 64.2 $
>  > > Booting /hp-ux
>  > > 
>  > > [here the system reads (or try to read) the kernel from disk for about 4
>  > > seconds, then it says this:]
>  > > 
>  > > UNEXPECTED USE OF FFFFFFC4
>  > > 
>  > This is the output of one of a set of temporary, informational only,
>  > exception handlers installed by the bootrom before an OS exists to
>  > really handle exceptions.  The address printed varies depending on
>  > the type of exception.  The most likely cause here is trying to boot
>  > a kernel that is incompatible with the hardware.  You will get something
>  > like this, for example, if you attempt to boot an HP-UX 7.0 or earlier
>  > kernel on a 68040 machine (which requires at least 7.05).  If you're
>  > going to install NetBSD, you probably don't need to worry about this
>  > message.  It *could* indicate hardware trouble but I think it's unlikely.
> 
> wow. now _there_s something that could go in the hp300 FAQ... I've 
> seen that message, and while it wasn't bothersome at the time I saw
> it, I did wonder about it...
>