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From: greg@dekalb.UUCP (Greg Philmon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: "TRAP" error in XENIX
Keywords: problems trap xenix
Message-ID: <495@dekalb.UUCP>
Date: 8 May 89 16:48:42 GMT
Organization: PC Systems Consultants, Atlanta, GA
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I bought that $39 XENIX that was mentioned a few weeks ago and am having a 
few problems.  It is not really meant to serve any major purpose, beyond
helping me learn more about the Unix OS.  In particular, I keep getting 
some sort of "TRAP" error, followed by a panic and system shutdown <sigh>.

Anyway, it is running on a 1MB 12mhz AT (clone all the way), EGA, 20 MB hard
disk, and 2400 internal modem on COM1.  (yeah, whatta platform for XENIX, eh?)

Below is one of the errors that I get in Xenix, the others are also "TRAP"
errors, but the hex number following "TRAP" (and the registers, of course)
is different.  

TRAP 000D in SYSTEM
ax=0000, bx=0040, cx=0000, dx=0000, si=0039, di=544C,
bp=0372, fl=0212, uds=0018, es=0047,
p=0030:43BC, ksp=0358
panic: general protection trap

Followed by the "Safe to power-off ..." message.

Any help on this would be appreciated.  And, please, no "you-get-what-you-
pay-for" comments :-).

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