I'd suspect it might occur after multiple boots.

	It could be that the last boot information looks good, but the
	previous boot's information is mangled.

		David/absolute

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On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Brian D Chase wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Brian D Chase wrote:
> 
> > When I run dmesg on my VS3100/M76, it outputs a lot of garbage characters
> > intermixed with the normal text output.  I don't know if this is just
> > specific to the M76 or not.  I haven't tested 1.4_ALPHA on any other
> > systems yet.
> 
> Looks like power-cycling the system has cleared the error, so maybe it
> only manifests itself after some time has passed.  The system had been up
> for around 5 days.  I'll keep my eye on it.
> 
> -brian.
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