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Re: Grub and USB Keyboard

Yoshinori K. Okuji
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 03:43:18 -0700

At Fri, 12 Apr 2002 23:53:58 -0600,
Derrik Pates wrote:
> Does anyone know if the Windows NT boot manager and LILO run in real
> mode? I know GRUB kicks the system into protected mode, and I believe
> that some lame BIOS makers are putting in legacy keyboard emulation code
> that only works in real mode, not protected mode. If LILO and the NT
> boot manager both run in real mode, that would seem to confirm my
> suspicion.

BIOS calls are only for real mode, anyway (except for some features
specifically designed for protected mode). So GRUB also enters real
mode when it wants to use BIOS calls.

Okuji

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