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Understanding the alert error numbers
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Format of the alert error number
The 32 bit long error number consists of 4 segments. Amiga displays the number in hexadecimal and in a general format it looks like this:
0xDIGGSSSS
The letters have the following meaning:
| Letters in Code | Description | Bits | Length (bits) |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | Alert type: DeadEnd (bit 31 is set) or RecoveryAlert (bit 31 is not set) | 31 | 1 |
| I | ROM subsystem number | 30...24 | 7 |
| GG | General error: roughly indicates what the error was | 23...16 | 8 |
| SSSS | Specific error: indicates more detail | 15...0 | 16 |
