If Grub does not respect the BIOS, then there is no need for Grub to bother putting any other OS on the menu. We will all simply have to use LILO or some other boot manager.
All other OSs on all other machine respect the BIOS when it comes to device ordering. Even OS/2 did that, which is why it had a bootmanager package which installed on its own 1.2Meg partition. On Sunday 27 September 2009 05:15:59 pm Colin Watson wrote: > As I've explained elsewhere, in general it's impossible to determine > BIOS ordering from outside the BIOS (or at least once you get into a > non-real-mode operating system). Our intent is to search and destroy all > places where GRUB relies on BIOS ordering. > > I'm fairly sure you disagree with me here. That's fine - I'm not out to > get the whole world to agree with me. My approach is based on bitter > practical experience trying and failing to get your approach to work > reliably everywhere. > -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions (630)-205-1593 (cell) http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com http://www.infiniteexposure.net http://www.logikalsolutions.com -- [Karmic] update-grub creates incorrect entry for FreeDOS https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414184 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
