--- head.S.0	Tue Jan  4 09:00:59 2000
+++ head.S	Tue Jan  4 09:01:12 2000
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@
 	movl $ SYMBOL_NAME(empty_zero_page)+2048,%edi
 	movzwl CL_OFFSET,%esi
 	addl $(CL_BASE_ADDR),%esi
-	movl $2048,%ecx
+	movl $1024,%ecx
 	rep
-	movsb
+	movsw
 1:
 #ifdef __SMP__
 checkCPUtype: