Agnello George wrote:
Hi
I was just Reading the article from
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/howlinuxworks/linux_hlbootproc.html
in the article
before the system can boot the BIOS detect the first available IDE
device, on this device is the MBR which contain the boot loader and
partition tables
now suppose i have Two OS install -- debian Etch and the centos ...and
grub is the default boot loader ( and grub file is located in
/etc/grub.conf ..which has instruction / menu screen for booting the
various OS )
but i don't seem to understand one thing - How is /etc/grub.conf made
available to the boot loader even before a OS is selected (
explanation not very clear in the article )
Agreed. Wrong list.
However: You might want to read a more up-to-date doc on the boot
process that covers grub:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-linuxboot/index.html
But the short answer is that grub stage2 is actually file system aware,
and can actually read the file system.
