Re: APM oops in 2.1.127

Gregory Maxwell (linker@z.ml.org)
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:17:19 -0500 (EST)


Thats not suprising. W95 goes into real mode constantly throught it's
operation. Thats why windows becomes a complete slug when you access a
floppy.

On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Thomas Molina wrote:

> Interesting. Power down works in Win 95 (I hate to have to say that!).
> That would imply Win95 switches to Real Mode before powering down.
>
> On Fri, 20 Nov 1998 Stephen.Rothwell@canb.auug.org.au wrote:
>
> > > General Protection Fault: f000
> > > EIP 0050: [<00008abb>]
> > > Suggestions anyone?
> >
> > You have a broken BIOS! For some reason it is referencing (real mode)
> > segment f000. It obviously expect to be in real mode (as opposed to
> > protected mode) when asked to power down. Try talking to your
> > supplier or either you motherboard, or BIOS.
>
>
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