From:	mwood AT indyvax DOT iupui DOT edu (Mark H. Wood)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	*jump* into real-address mode?
Message-ID:	<1997Jul25.134712.28907@indyvax.iupui.edu>
Date:	25 Jul 97 13:47:12 -0500
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I'm writing a little goodie that needs to reboot the system when it is
finished.  This requires jumping to 0xFFFF:0 in real-address mode.  What's the
simplest way to do that in DJGPP?  aTdHvAaNnKcSe

(Note:  I don't give a hoot about cached writes etc. because my program just
rewrote the partition table using only BIOS calls, so if there *is* any cache
its contents are irrelevant.  This thing is essentially a special-purpose,
noninteractive version of FDISK, to be used for wiping a machine's first fixed
drive to a known state for unattended (re)installation of Windows NT.  It boots
so that DOS (from a diskette) will see the FAT partition it just created. 
Suggestions that avoid this troublesome reboot would be welcome.)
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