Grub

[Les Mikesell]

Tim wrote:

>>> I was under the impression that the BIOS only needed to be able to
>>> access the first two or three GRUB stage files, and the third one was
>>> used for accessing drives from that point (e.g. loading the kernel),
>>> bypassing the BIOS.
> 
> Les Mikesell:
>> If that were true, you'd have to configure grub with device drivers to 
>> match your hardware.
> 
> Or it'd have to handle it, automatically, without user configuration.
> But, yes, it doesn't sound practical.

Or possible, given that grub can boot multiple operating systems and 
doesn't know anything about their device driver interfaces - and the 
linux interfaces change all the time.

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   Les Mikesell
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