Reboot a PC with C++ code

[Antonio]

Hi,
i would write a C program (with Microsoft VC) to reboot a win 98 pc. I found
this code but didn't work

Tnks.

#define MAGIC 0 /* for cold restart */
/* #define MAGIC 0x1234 /* for warm restart */

#define BOOT_SEG 0xffffL
#define BOOT_OFF 0x0000L
#define BOOT_ADR ((BOOT_SEG << 16) | BOOT_OFF)

#define DOS_SEG 0x0040L
#define RESET_FLAG 0x0072L
#define RESET_ADR ((DOS_SEG << 16) | RESET_FLAG)

main()
{
void ((far *fp)()) = (void (far *)()) BOOT_ADR;

*(int far *)RESET_ADR = MAGIC;
(*fp)();
}

[W Marsh]

Re: Reboot a PC with C++ code

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 01:45:07 +0100, "Antonio"
<antonio_esposi to@NOSPAM.tin.i t> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi,
>i would write a C program (with Microsoft VC) to reboot a win 98 pc. I found
>this code but didn't work
>
>Tnks.
>[/color]
*snip ancient code*

That's because you're using code designed for DOS, and probably hasn't
been relevant for 10 years. You clearly had no idea what any of it did
- learn the language, instead of expecting people to explain entire
programs for you.

Furthermore, this is a C++ group.

Even if that was written in C++, it would have been off-topic. This
group is about the language, not general and platform specific
programming.