Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Alan Modra <> | | Subject | Re: Crash dumps (was: Re: 3.0 wishlist Was: Overview of 2.2.x goals?) | | Date | Wed, 21 Jan 1998 09:47:47 +1030 (CST) |
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Dan Hollis wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Werner Almesberger wrote: > > > using the old 0x1234 warm reboot trick should avoid wiping the memory. > > I've tried now with reboot=w,b and executing the reboot command, > > and the (AMI) BIOS seems to ignore this completely and still happily > > clears all my memory. Did anybody get the BIOS to _not_ interfere ? > > Is this related to the memory test? E.g. does turning off the memory test > fix things?
Even if you manage to turn off the memory test, it's likely that the RAM size discovery code will trash a few bytes. Refresh might be disabled too when the reset button is held down.
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