Re: reboot problem

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Sat, 21 Sep 1996 12:55:27 +0100 (BST)

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> I think the boot vector is in ROM (000FFFF0), so there should be no
> problem with the kernel clobbering it. Also, I have had this problem
> and managed to make it go away by doing a cold software reset. The
> BIOS must be getting control, since it must be checking the cold reset

The boot vector is a 16bit not quite real mode entry point so may well not
be right for 32bit code

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