From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum) Subject: Re: IMPORTANT [BUG in 0.99] Re: [ANNOUNCE]: linux version 0.99 Date: 23 Dec 1992 10:16:48 GMT
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?
The device drivers are not yet loaded, and it needs the BIOS to load
the kernel.
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