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- From: jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
- Subject: Re: Ctrl-Alt-Del
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.174255.23495@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec29.013408.3676@nwnexus.WA.COM> <350102Tu30st01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> <1992Dec29.162838.11174@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:42:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.162838.11174@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> wyvern@gnu.ai.mit.edu (The Wyvern) writes:
- >
- >I'm running a 486 using Phoenix BIOS, and have also noticed that reboot and
- >ctrl-alt-delete wouldn't work unless I turned off the shadow ram.
- >I don't want to disable it if it'll slow down the system significantly,
- >but I was also under the impression Linux didn't use the BIOS much.
- >Can someone who knows confirm this?
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- this is correct. After the loading sequence (in setup), Linux does not
- use the BIOS code at all.
-
- jem.
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