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Jemm386 v5.8 (Developers)

posted by Laaca Homepage, Czech republic, 06.11.2020, 19:47

> I checked what actually happens in Jemm when Ctrl-Alt-Del is catched (no
> FASTBOOT). I does
> - set a flag for soft-reset in CMOS ram
> - set 1234h in BIOS 40:72h
> - switch to real-mode
> - far jump to F000:FFF0 (or FFFF:0000)
>
> that's already what was proposed for altboot. It "should" work

Hm, I just tested the CTRL-ALT-DEL (without FASTBOOT) in the last prerelease of Jemm386 but it still does not work - computer just freezes like in the previous versions.
What about implementing some optional debug logs to track which step freezes the computer?

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