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Wow - that's very interesting. So, what do most operating systems (aside from Apple presumably) normally do to get a consistent reboot? Are they probing the h
by chadgeidel 15y ago
Wow - that's very interesting. So, what do most operating systems (aside from Apple presumably) normally do to get a consistent reboot?
Are they probing the hardware at install time? Do they just have a "table of things to try" the first time you reboot and then use the "successful thing" from then on?
- mjg59 15y agoMost operating systems fail on various bits of hardware. Windows uses the ACPI vector, then tries the keyboard controller, then the ACPI vector again, then the keyboard controller again, and then just stops.