Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!lanl!unm-la!mcormick From: mcormick@unm-la.UUCP (Patrick McCormick) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: When RAM loads -- unexpected trap Keywords: unexpected trap : vector < 16 Message-ID: <1055@unm-la.UUCP> Date: 20 Jan 89 23:22:27 GMT Organization: University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Lines: 23 When I put in the root file system, and press = from the boot-up menu, I get an error from time to time that states : Unexpected trap : vector < 16 pc = 0x3356 text+data+bss=0x9a00 What exactly is this telling me? I've noticed that I only get this error on certain machines as well as machines that have already booted off a hard disk and I boot up MINIX with Ctrl-Alt-Del. Could someone tell me why this is happening? Thanks, Patrick McCormick mcormick@unm-la.LANL.GOV lanl!unm-la!mcormick@uunet.uu.net