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From: chapman@sco.COM (brian chapman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What do panic messages mean?
Message-ID: <446@sysco>
Date: 14 Jun 88 21:41:04 GMT
References: <308@conexch.UUCP> <694@applix.UUCP> <342@conexch.UUCP> <6132@cup.portal.com> <2375@rpp386.UUCP>
Reply-To: chapman@sco.COM (brian chapman)
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
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In article <2375@rpp386.UUCP> jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes:
< In article <6132@cup.portal.com> Eric_D_Davis@cup.portal.com writes:
< >
< >The lady at SCO asked me where I was touching the computer
< 
< i went off and did a strings on /xenix.  i didn't find anything labeled
< `[Tt]riple' anything, and here are the only `trap' things:
<
< Reschedule trap
< DNA trap in kernel mode
< 
< now, what i want to know is what is a DNA trap?  does this mean the
< machine has been genetically mutated?

On the chance that this is a serious question I will attempt
to answer it.
DNA is Device Not Availible (floating point device, that is)
Meaning the kernel is executing *87 instructions.  Or trying to.
-- 
Brian Chapman	 uunet!sco!chapman