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Re: normal mode chainloader
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Tomas Ebenlendr |
Subject: |
Re: normal mode chainloader |
Date: |
Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:40:14 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.6i |
>
> If you cannot load boot.mod for a reason, what you get is the same as
> when a loader module cannot be loaded: The difference is only that you
> cannot execute boot or, say, linux. For ordinary users, these look
> identical. The only solution for these cases is to go back to the
> rescue mode and boot something from it. Then, there is no way to
> provide a good interface anyway.
>
> If autoloading is off (although I'm not sure if it is better to allow
> the user to turn it off), the user should know what he/she does. He/She
> should load all required modules explicitly. This means that this
> person knows how GRUB works. For this person, it is no problem to load
> boot.mod manually.
>
> Okuji
>
Okay, I have no other arguments for it, so
I will post next patch without the dependency symbol.
--
Tomas 'ebi' Ebenlendr
http://get.to/ebik
PF 2004.47684872116
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