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Re: Pass parameters to kernel when using chainloader method.
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David Balažic |
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Re: Pass parameters to kernel when using chainloader method. |
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Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:18:51 +0100 |
On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 at 07:31, Narcis Garcia via Support requests for
the GRand Unified Bootloader <help-grub@gnu.org> wrote:
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> As I did understand, and please make me the right correction (or link
> documentation):
> BIOS calls MBR
> MBR loads/calls GRUB
> GRUB chainloads to disk sector where kernel begins.
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> Last step does not allow to pass parameters because GRUB just loads
> first 512 bytes of OS kernel?
No, it loads the entire kernel, but that is a different command ("linux").
The chainloader loads a boot sector (or more of them). This is the
"chainloader" command. It is usually used to load and runa another
boot loader, not directly an OS.
Regards,
David