Changing Kernel Configurations

[P.Garbha]

In article <KAMBIZ.90Jul13114306 at mrspoc.Transact.COM> kambiz at mrspoc.Transact.COM (Kambiz Aghaiepour) writes:
>
>I am having problems changing the kernel configurations on one of our
>systems here at Transact.  We are running SCO xenix on a 386 machine.
>After changing the number of buffers (NBUF) and max. buffer heads
>(MAXBUF), relinking xenix, and running hdinstall, I can no longer boot
>from the new kernel.  Upon boot, I get the message :
>
>bn void <number>
>bn void <number>
>bn void <number>

I get the same error message when i install the new irwin tape drivers
from sosco. But I only get one "bn void 2", and then the system boots
normally. (But the tape does not work).

What does "bn void <number>" mean anyway?