> Besides that, it is really necessary to check what workarounds for buggy
> BIOSes are missing in GRUB 2. The current bootstrap code on PC is based on
> somewhere around GRUB 0.96, so it is a bit outdated.
I just had a look. Is there something other than:
2005-03-15 Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* stage2/fsys_fat.c (fat_mount): Ignore the 3rd bit of a media
descriptor, because some BIOSes overwrite this value, according
to the storage mode (e.g. USB Floppy or USB HDD).
[...]
2005-02-15 Yoshinori K. Okuji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* stage2/builtins.c (install_func): If DEST_DRIVE is a hard
disk, enable the workaround in Stage 1 by replacing the jmp
with double nop's.
* stage1/stage1.h (STAGE1_BOOT_DRIVE_CHECK): New macro.
(STAGE1_BOOT_DRIVE_MASK): Removed.
* stage1/stage1.S (boot_drive_check): New label. This implements
a different workaround for buggy BIOSes which don't pass boot
drive correctly. This is effective for BIOSes which pass a value
without the seventh bit (0x80).
(boot_drive_mask): Removed.
--
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