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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:34:58 -0800 To: svlug@svlug.org Subject: Re: [svlug] HELP i have a broken VA system From: Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> begin hvrietsc@yahoo.com quotation: > I get the following messages: > > GenuineIntel cpu detected. > Katmai cpu detected. > Illegal instruction "Illegal instruction", if memory serves, _usually_ means the binary was compiled for some other CPU's instruction set. E.g., you compiled something with the -mpentiumpro switch and tried to run it on a PII or K6, or you ran a binary that uses Motorola 68k FPU instructions on one of those infamously buggy 68LC040 CPUs. Sometimes Netscape coredumps with one of those errors, too -- which doesn't mean it was compiled with the wrong CPU instruction set, but rather that it's bug-infested. ;-> ===