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From: bdale@col.hp.COM (Bdale Garbee)
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Subject: Re: Applying Patches to MINX
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Date: 24 Jun 91 20:56:50 GMT
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> (3) The Program starts out fine, but barfs when it hits the breakpoint.  I get
>     a ">" prompt and the machine is frozen.  I have to press the reset button
>     *three times* (this is consistent) to reset the machine.

You have to unset the breakpoint before you continue.  Bruce neglected to 
mention that in the release notes.

> On a related topic, what, exactly, do I have to do to apply the hybrid 1.5
> diffs.  I tried running patch as follows:
>     patch -p0 <fs_cd 
> while inside the fs directory.

Do these all from the root directory for the sources (just above fs, mm, etc).

> Last question:  I get a bus error when running certain programs (compress is
> a big problem).  Is tthis a memory parity error?

Implies a memory error of some kind, maybe a pointer walking off a list
causing a VM violation.

Bdale