> It's pretty clear the kernel knows what CPU it is. > > > my environment has "HOSTTYPE=i586". It's an AMD chip. > > Tell me what the output of the "arch" command is, please.
The output is "i386". > Oh. It's slightly harder under Linux because the system is in protected mode. > Can you tell me exactly what you type into "debug"? MOV CX, 0707 MOV AH, 01 INT 10 INT 20 Nothing complex to do in dos but I haven't found my starting place yet when it comes to Linux. If you can recommend a starting package, it'd be great. Thanks, Michael ---------------------- Michael Rokicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .