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From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
Subject: Re: i386/62003: make /boot/loader "reboot" code same as reboot()
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The following reply was made to PR i386/62003; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
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Subject: Re: i386/62003: make /boot/loader "reboot" code same as reboot() syscall
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 08:19:44 +0100

 The patch here looks correct; the segment for calling the BIOS reset
 vector should always be 0xF000. Sounds like loader is cutting corners.
 
 This problem has been observed before with various third-party BIOS
 and x86 emulators.