Interesting error message Kickstart 1.3

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Hi all,

Does anyone here know what it means when Kickstart 1.3 is bootstrapping the machine, but halts and writes "HELP" to address 0x0?

[chb]

In the commented exec 1.2 disassembly there is some explanation (Ctrl-F "HELP"):

; See if the system wants a guru put up after reboot.

; This works as follows: If for some reason, a guru can't be put
; up in the normal fashion, the system writes "HELP" at location
; zero, writes the alert data (number and 32-bit parameter) at
; location $000100, and resets.

; Early in the startup code (right here), this "HELP" is checked
; for. If it is present, it is removed, and the data at location
; $000100 is loaded into registers D6 and D7. If no "HELP" is
; found, register D6 is loaded with -1. This data will later be
; put at ExecBase->LastAlert, once the ExecBase structure has been
; built. The following subroutine call does all this.

[bloodline]

Originally Posted by chb

In the commented exec 1.2 disassembly there is some explanation (Ctrl-F "HELP"):

Very helpful! Many thanks.