> > Excuse me if this is not relevant, but why doesn't the jump itself produce 
some 
> > sort of segmentation violation & crap out _before_ executing the data?
> > 
> 
> I don't think NetBSD restricts execute permission on data and stack areas: 
> if you can read it you can (try to) run it.

aah.. I was assuming the jump was to outside of the process' memory area 
entirely.

umm... sorry to ask an FAQ, but, having wandered aimlessly about in netbsd.org 
on several occasions, I can't find anything resembling a full distribution, so 
can someone point me at the best place to get my hands on a RiscPC version of 
1.3 (or whatever's latest)? I tried looking at the "snapshot" that Mark 
mentioned whatever that is, but I can't believe that it is big enough to 
constitute a full distribution (is it an update or something?). I'm upgrading a 
sort of 1.2 system but to be honest it's knackered and I'm using Solaris x86 on 
a DX4/100 at present... 

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