Stefan Dösinger <[email protected]> wrote:
> So it does reach the kernel, right? I don't know if I remembered that call
> correctly, but "lcall $0xffff,$0" should call the real mode BIOS reset
> code...
> Anyone else who can correct me here?
If it's realmode, it should do a jump to the boot entry point of the BIOS.
This does not imply a reset, some machines will just hang. Especially after
messing with the interrupts or mapping some RAM over the lower half of the
BIOS, where the boot code is expected.
Good (== long gone) old times with DOS.
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