Subject: Re: Two things: i386 boot code and boot man page
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/14/1995 16:53:18
>From: "Gordon W. Ross" <gwr@mc.com>
>Date: Thu, 14 Sep 95 10:39:00 EDT
>That doesn't matter particularly, but doing something similar on a PC
>might involve finding some place in RAM that can survive a warm boot.
>(I am not sure if there is such a place on PCs in general.)
I've noticed that the kernel's message buffer can survive a warm boot
on an i386.
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