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Triple failure when entering protected mode

I am developing a bootloader that boots into a simple kernel after switching to protected mode. I used this article as a textbook, somewhere in the fourth or fifth chapter. Theoretically, it is supposed to start in 16-bit real mode, load the kernel into memory, switch to 32-bit protected mode and start executing kernel code.

However, when I switch to protected mode and jump forward or switch to another segment, these are triple errors. Here is the main boot sector code:

[org 0x7c00]

KERNEL_OFFSET equ 0x1000

mov [BOOT_DRIVE], dl    ;Get the current boot drive from the BIOS

mov bp, 0x9000          ;Set up stack, with enough room to grow downwards
mov sp, bp

mov bx, REAL_MODE_MSG
call print_string

call load_kernel

call switch_to_pm

jmp $                       ;Jump to current position and loop forever

%include "boot/util/print_string.asm"
%include "boot/util/disk.asm"
%include "boot/gdt/gdt.asm"
%include "boot/util/print_string_pm.asm"
%include "boot/switch_to_pm.asm"

[bits 16]
load_kernel:
    mov bx, LOAD_KERNEL_MSG ;Print a message saying we are loading the kernel
    call print_string
    mov bx, KERNEL_OFFSET       ;Set up disk_load routine parameters
    mov dh, 15
    mov dl, [BOOT_DRIVE]
    call disk_load              ;Call disk_load
    ret

[bits 32]
BEGIN_PM:
    mov ebx, PROT_MODE_MSG
    call print_string_pm
    call KERNEL_OFFSET

    jmp $

; Data
BOOT_DRIVE: db 0
REAL_MODE_MSG: db "Started in real mode.", 0
PROT_MODE_MSG: db "Successfully entered 32-bit protected mode.", 0
LOAD_KERNEL_MSG: db "Loading Kernel into memory", 0

; Bootsector padding
times 510-($-$$) db 0
dw 0xaa55

Here is the GDT:

;Global Descriptor Table
gdt_start:

gdt_null:   ; We need a null descriptor at the start (8 bytes)
    dd 0x0
    dd 0x0

gdt_code:   ; Code segment descriptor
    ; Base=0x0, Limit=0xfffff
    ; 1st flags : (present)1 (privilege)00 (descriptor type)1 -> 1001b
    ; type flags : (code)1 (conforming)0 (readable)1 (accessed)0 -> 1010b
    ; 2nd flags : (granularity)1 (32 - bit default)1 (64 - bit seg)0 (AVL)0 -> 1100b
    dw 0xffff       ; Limit (bits 0-15)
    dw 0x0      ; Base (0-15)
    dw 0x0          ; Base (16-23)
    db 10011010b    ; 1st flags and type flags
    db 11001111b    ; 2nd flags and Limit (16-19)
    db 0x0          ; Base (24-31)

gdt_data:   ; Data segment descriptor
    ;Same as CSD except for type flags
    ; (code)0 (expand down)0 (writable)1 (accessed)0 -> 0010b
    dw 0xffff       ; Limit (bits 0-15)
    dw 0x0          ; Base (0-15)
    dw 0x0          ; Base (16-23)
    db 10010010b    ; 1st flags and type flags
    db 11001111b    ; 2nd flags and Limit (16-19)
    db 0x0          ; Base (24-31)

gdt_end:


;GDT Descriptor
gdt_descriptor:
    dw gdt_end - gdt_start - 1
    dd gdt_start

;Some Constants
CODE_SEG equ gdt_code - gdt_start
DATA_SEG equ gdt_data - gdt_start

Here is the code to switch to protected mode, where it triple crashes:

[bits 16]
switch_to_pm:
    cli
    lgdt [gdt_descriptor]   ; load the gdt
    mov eax, cr0            ; turn pm on
    or eax, 0x1
    mov cr0, eax
    jmp CODE_SEG:init_pm    ; THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS!

[bits 32]
init_pm:
    mov ax, DATA_SEG ; Point segment registers to the data
    mov ds, ax       ; selector defined in the gdt
    mov ss, ax
    mov es, ax
    mov fs, ax
    mov gs, ax
    mov ebp, 0x90000 ; Update our stack
    mov esp, ebp
    call BEGIN_PM ;Move on

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jmp CODE_SEG:init_pm. 16- 4- 16- segment:offset. 6- 32- . fasm

jmp fword CODE_SEG:init_pm

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