Messages in this thread |  | | From | Matthias Urlichs <> | Subject | Re: Reboot-by-BIOS-jump-patch | Date | Mon, 21 Oct 1996 19:37:29 -0200 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <199610211517.RAA16843@hera.cuci.nl>, srb@cuci.nl (Stephen R. van den Berg) writes: > Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de> wrote: > >Well, here it is again; I modified the thing so that's (a) properly > >indented and (b) you can control whether to boot via the BIOS by saying > >"reboot=bios" or "reboot=hard" on the LILO command line (or its append= > >string). Stuff like "reboot=cold,bios" works, too. > > What about simply trying the real-reset/triple-fault method first, > for say two seconds max, and then simply jump to the bios? > The fix for that is easy, just replace the for (;;) loop with a for(k=0;k<1000;k++) or whatever.
I just tried it. Unfortunately, something gets confused when I do that. The screen clears, but the system doesn't come back up.
It seems that we do need an either-or here. :-(
> This would eliminate the need to select between bios and hard and allows > kernels to boot the machine no matter what.
Unfortunately, it just ain't so...
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