Re: grub/lilo

From: Måns Rullgård (mru_at_inprovide.com)
Date: 12/18/04


Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 17:04:34 +0100


"Uday Mullangi" <udaymullangi@lucent.com> writes:

> Hi,
> Where can i get the complete details of how GRUB or LILO
> works.(explaining indepth- interaction with BIOS., et al)

I don't think it gets more detailed than the source itself. Anything
else is probably not up to date anyway.

-- 
Måns Rullgård
mru@inprovide.com


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