Subject: Re: Running NetBSD 1.2 on a Performa 460?
To: Pete Nush <pnush@voicenet.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/02/1996 10:22:14
> 
> Hi,

Hello,

> If I start at the bottom of the screen and move my eyes up to the top
> rapidly (quite a silly activity for anyone watching me), I can glean the
> following tidbits from the error message:
> 
> Kernal exception error in ddb
> ?????????? type 16, v=0, ???????=0
> FPU trap ?????????????????????????
> 
> I am running System 7.5.3, booting with Extensions Off, 20MB of RAM, and a
> 68882 FPU installed.  I've been following this list for about a month and
> haven't seen anything similar discussed, so I thought it was time to throw
> it in.  Any ideas?

If you have another computer, or a printer which will do 9600 (like a DeskJet
but not a DeskWriter), use serial echo. Just hook the printer/computer up to
the printer port and turn on serial echo in the booter. It'll catch the
message.

Take care,

Bill