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- From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: IMPORTANT [BUG in 0.99] Re: [ANNOUNCE]: linux version 0.99
- Keywords: kernel linux 0.99
- Message-ID: <1h9eagINNq0g@life.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 10:16:48 GMT
- Article-I.D.: life.1h9eagINNq0g
- References: <1992Dec22.054316.15893@sol.UVic.CA> <2B3751A7.A2E8@tct.com> <20367@ksr.com>
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- In article <20367@ksr.com> zdenek@ksr.com (Zdenek Radouch) writes:
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- > Also, why does the init code run in 16-bit mode?
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- The device drivers are not yet loaded, and it needs the BIOS to load
- the kernel.
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