Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cartan!brahms.Berkeley.EDU!ballou From: ballou@brahms.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Code to perform warm reboot. Message-ID: <1019@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Sat, 21-Feb-87 04:56:42 EST Article-I.D.: cartan.1019 Posted: Sat Feb 21 04:56:42 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Feb-87 20:46:13 EST References: <3258@j.cc.purdue.edu> <415@omepd> <10075@cgl.ucsf.edu.ucsfcgl.UUCP> Sender: news@cartan.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: ballou@brahms.Berkeley.EDU (Kenneth R. Ballou) Distribution: world Organization: Math Dept. UC Berkeley Lines: 18 Keywords: cold boot, warm boot, IBM PC In article <10075@cgl.ucsf.edu.ucsfcgl.UUCP> kneller@socrates.ucsf.edu.UUCP writes: >Isn't it true that you can control whether the memory check is done or >not by placing a particular value in a special memory location? This >has been covered previously, but I don't recall the details, so if someone >would care to comment ... The (true Blue) BIOS checks for the value hex 1234 (cute, no?) in memory location 0040:0072. If the magic value is found, then the BIOS takes a warm boot. -------- Kenneth R. Ballou ARPA: ballou@brahms.berkeley.edu Department of Mathematics UUCP: ...!ucbvax!brahms!ballou University of California Berkeley, California 94720