At 10:06 AM 1/27/97 -0600, Shannon R. Madsen wrote:
>> On a Sun 3/150 system I have copied the miniroot into the swap partition b
>> (sd0b) using tape, when I halt the system and enter the command >b sd(0,0,1)
>> -s at the boot prom command line I get back:
>> 
>> Boot sd(0,0,1)
>> 
>> Exception 0x2C at 0x00004000.
>> 
>> Does anyone know why I am getting the "Exception"?
>
>I was getting the exact same error on a 3/50 a couple years ago.
>Except that time, I was trying to boot SunOS 4.1.1 from a tape.  I
>never figured out what the problem was for sure, but it could have
>been a bad tape, a bad tape drive, or maybe a malfunctioning 3/50.
>
>Maybe the FE's manual has a list of exceptions for the sun 3
>hardware...
>
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>Shannon Robert Madsen                                       madsen@cs.umn.edu
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>GAT d(-) s+:- a21 C+++$ USBAILXH++++$ P+++$ L+ E+ W+++$ N+++$ o? K++
>w---$ O? M++$ V-- !PS !PE Y PGP+ t+++ 5++ X++ R- tv b++ DI++++ D+ !G e
>h++(-)* r%* y+ 
>
Thank you for the reply, would you happen to know where I could get or view
a Field Engineers (FE) manual?

Rick GC