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From: "Matthias Scheler" <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 18:59:52 +0100
Subject: Re: What does this mean?
Message-ID: <32738@lyssa.owl.de>
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Rob Landry wrote in comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc about "What does this mean?":
> I know that NMI stands for non-maskable interrupt, but what exactly is
> this message telling me and (more important) ...

I suppose there is a board in your PC which causes interrupts which
NetBSD can't handle.

> ... what are the practical consequences?

Maybe you should try to deactivate the board before you boot NetBSD?

-- 
Matthias Scheler
tron@lyssa.owl.de