Talk:Triple Fault

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I pulled this out if a recently new-made triplefault page (which is now a redirect):

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When the exception handler of a double fault causes yet another exception (or your IDT is messed up, or ...) the CPU resets - this is called a triple fault.
Not so nice to debug on hardware - if I remember correctly Bochs dumps some debugging output in case of a triple fault.
Oh, and it's the most sexy way to drop out of protected mode.

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Of its own this isn't quite useful for the reader, but if elaborated a bit further it might help improve this article. Any takers? - Combuster 10:51, 19 December 2008 (UTC)Reply